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Lehera : Heart Sky (CAN,2008)****'
Lehera is an inspired project established by acoustic guitarist/Indian flutist Prashant Michael John with Hindustani slide-guitarist Prakash Sontakke and ghatam (clay pot instrument) percussionist Karthik Subramanya.
Mostly contemporary Indian music lead the structured improvisations, instrumentals and a few songs based upon raga-based classical Indian music techniques, while the acoustic guitarist makes western pickings, or plays jazzy and bluesy rhythmic guitar parts, occasionally and only for a few accents in a slightly funky way or Indian styling, or repeating an Indian theme, where the slide guitars fuses too but remains in the Indian part most often. There are three English songs too, of which “Into The Blue” might recall Led Zeppelin a bit, fused with Indian ideas, while the “Collateral Damage” used some electric bass too, blending the commonly used styles even more. “Mid Morning Dream” with Dave King on bass adds even a small element of rock to the combinations. A great professional album adding a personal vision to the contemporary classical music’s foundations.
