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Goldie Hawn whistled at his solo and George Harrison loved him like a brother and called him "the wonder boy of tabla". He played beside Pandit Ravi Shankar for over a decade before collaborating for the Grammy-wining album Full Circle. Bickram is now ready with Drum Invasion

The Indian Express, New Delhi.
 
I call my music 'new age'. I don’t like calling it fusion for it dilutes the very essence of the music….bickram ghosh

The Times of India, Ahmedabad Times
 
The live performance by Bickram Ghosh and Rhythmscape, took the guests on a fascinating musical journey and was followed by the screening of the video of the song featuring Bickram Ghosh and Kailash Kher.

The Times of India, Calcutta Times
 
He's one of the fastest percussionists in India. Bickram Ghosh attributes some of it to lineage and the rest to intense training. The maverick tabla maestro, who performed in the city recently, says his current attempt is to marry entertainment with sensible music.

The Times of India, Hyderabad

 

Bickram Ghosh is one of the most exciting percussionists of his generation.

World Views, Rhythm and Music, USA
 

Tradition must be renewed if it has to survive and no one knows this better than percussionist Bickram Ghosh. Watching him play was like walking into a forest of sounds. Sounds that are pure and refreshing as monsoon spring one minute and then grow thunderous like a hailstorm. Sounds that evoke Shiva in the agony and ecstasy of Tandav and then calm down to a gentle nostalgia as the music evokes a woman's longing for her absent lover.

The Times of India, Hyderabad

 
Bickram Ghosh is a musician whose genius finds many expressions. This acclaimed tabla artist is a solo player, accompanist, music composer, film music director, fusion artist, ensemble director and has been a lecturer in an university.

Deccan Chronicle, Bangalore
 
The second half of the concert ……was an extended showcase …..particularly for Mr.Ghosh's mutable tones :ringing, pattering, skittering, galloping.

The New York Times (review for concert at carnegie hall, NY)
 
Switching from exciting open-ended improvisations to succinct tunes, Ghosh infuses this classical tradition with engrossing personal vitality.

Rhythm and Music USA
 
Raja of Rhythm…Bickram Ghosh may have taken the fusion trail to the west, but the tabla maestro reiterates his strong belief in a strong classical grounding.

Metro Plus, The Hindu, Chennai
 
Hypnotic, infectious, energetic - this percussion album delights and picks you right off your chair……the material on Pulsating Drums, by of India's leading percussionists, evokes a wide range of emotions.….the album ends in sizzling style with Bickram Ghosh's Acupella. Rating - Five star

Rave magazine, India, USA USA Review of album Pulsating Drums, by Zakir Hussain, Taufique Quereshi and Bickram Ghosh
 
Bickram Ghosh drums up delirium each time he performs in Delhi

Metro Now New Delhi
 
The Taj Coromandel Ballroom on Thursday evening was filled with the sounds of the drums in the most dramatic way possible with the charming Bickram Ghosh and his group (who are part of Rhythmscape) literally having a rhythmic conversation.

Deccan Chronicle, Chennai
 
A new age saga is weaved when Bickram Ghosh performs….

The Indian Express, Chennai
 
When Bickram Ghosh does things, style is definitely involved. whether it's a live concert where he breaks into acapella and keeps the audience hooked, whether the fingers are simply flying in an invisible flurry across the tabla, whether you're listening to him accompanying Pandit Ravi Shankar, or whether he's jamming with members of his group Rhythmscape.

The Hindu, Chennai
 
Rocking, rhythmic ride from the African savannahs to the Latin Americas, to techno- trance to Spanish salsa, and then back to the Indian classical idiom- it's like traveling across the world. Bickram Ghosh, however, does it rhythmically . Drum Invasion, Ghosh's appropriately-named new album, is just about this explosion of rhythms from across the globe.

Mail Today, New Delhi

 
The night unfold to the pulsating beats of tabla as the famed percussionist and dynamic tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh's fingers went flying to give the audience a feel of his latest album ONE. ….. music lovers experienced a mesmerizing evening as Bickram took them on an amazing journey to the world of fusion music.

The Hindustan Times, New Delhi

 
In his latest album , Bickram Ghosh tries Euro Classical. After two years of fine tuning their music, tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh and the French jazz group Mezcal launched their album in Delhi on Wednesday. Called ONE, it's an explosive synthesis of jazz and Indian classical rhythm- and the audience ...was hooked.

The Indian Express, New Delhi
 
"After the success of Rhythmscape, people keep asking me to do a more rhythm driven album. Drum Invasion is my labour of love in this respect. I have explored my boundaries as a
percussionist in this album like I have never done before." ... Bickram Ghosh
 

The Times of India, Bombay
 
Bickram Ghosh is one of the most famous percussionists of the world.

The Telegraph, Calcutta
 
Drum Invasion is the second album that has been released by Ghosh in the last six months. The surprise draw for the evening was percussionist Pete Lockett, who had come all the way from London to be a part of the celebrations on Thursday. Lockett is collaborating with Ghosh for two albums, Sunev and Repercussion, which will be released soon.

The Hindustan times, Calcutta
 
Harrison's last album reaches beyond the grave…….The title cut features... Harrison accompanied by Bikram Ghosh's tabla.…………………………….review of Brainwashed

The Daily Texan, USA
 
The CD ends in grand fashion with the title track….its a call to God and spiritual awakening , an appeal to the true higher force and includes wonderful tabla rhythms (courtesy of Bickram Ghosh……………………………..review of Brainwashed

POP Matters, World
 
with the tablas figuring more prominently…..her accompaniment is stunningly delivered by Bickram Ghosh………….review of album live at Carnegie Hall, Anoushka Shankar

MSN review
 
in his latest album ONE, produced by saregama, Bickram has collaborated with the french jazz group Mezcal jazz Unit to produce a seamless fusion of European Jazz and Indian Classical Music

Metro Plus, Hindu, Bangalore
 
tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh is the king of finger work…

The Hindu,Coimbatore
 
Bickram Ghosh is one of the greatest living percussionists in the world today

Bollyvista.com
 
(Rhythmscape), formed by the internationally renowned tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh, comprising of a set of brilliant drummers accompanied by violins, mandolin mridangam, ghatam and congos has created a tremendous stir in the world of crossover music. The numbers they perform are riverting and at the same time, rooted in tradition. World music fans insist that the group is setting new trends in this genre.

First City, Delhi

 
A percussionist of outstanding ability, Bickram Ghosh has established himself as a heartthrob Tabla maestro in the music map of the world.

Destination
 
Rhythmscape represents artistic synergy

Rashtriya Sahara
 
He moves from the strobe-lit interiors of a glitzy pub to the sprawling stages of elite auditoriums with utmost ease. His music too embraces everything from intense Afro-inspired rhythm to the subtle nuances of Indian classical music, sometimes rising to a high-voltage crescendo and at others dipping to an almost inaudible acoustic whisper. And just when you thought you've seen him in all his avatars, he springs yet another surprise. Tabla genius Bickram Ghosh will soon be proving his histrionic skills in a Subroto Sen film.
 

Graphiti The Telegraph Magazine
 
He is acting in a bengali film. Bickram has done a great job of it.

Society Magazine
 
He is one of the very few tabla players who are equally at ease in both the Hindustani and Carnatic music traditions.

Sun Magazine
 
There is a certain sophistication about the tabla maestro

AV Max

 
Talking Tabla, the album is a fascinating expression of this venerable instrument by a living master, and one that could change one's view of what a drum album is, and can be.

Jazz Times America's Jazz Magazine
 
Equally deft was tabla player Bickram Ghosh, who parried with the sitars during two half-hour ragas that composed the first half of the program.….review of concert with Ravi and Anoushka Shankar

The Washington Post

 
Bickram Ghosh on the North Indian Tabla and Vedakrishnan Venkatesan on the South Indian mridangam, each grinned at the other's skill as they tossed accelerating solos back and forth.…..Ravi Shankar concert, Carnegie Hall, NY

The New York Times
 
Talking tabla. This CD is, hands down, the best recording of tabla drumming I've ever heard.

Conscious Choice Chicago, U.S.A

 
Tabla player Bickram Ghosh celebrated the possibilities of fusion with the Mezcal Jazz Unit from Franch, with whom he created an equal music.

India Today
 
The beats that percussionist Bickram Ghosh embraces are not bound by geographical distance. With Rhythmscape he has created an album that coalesces rhythm and melody.

AV Max

 
A different beat- first it was Zakir Hussain who extended his musical range with a starring role in Merchant Ivory's Heat and Dust. Now it is 38 –year old Bickram Ghosh's turn. The tabla player has released six solo albums and is now acting in Choy- his second film -in which he plays a fashion photographer.

India Today