This project unites sarode player Alam Khan, son of the late maestro Ali Akbar Khan, with celebrated South African guitarists Derek Gripper and Guy Buttery, building on a foundation of improvisational discovery.

Gripper and Buttery’s signature guitar styles provide a rich, flowing foundation for Khan’s breathtakingly expressive sarode. It’s an unlikely yet perfect fusion that bypasses the usual symmetry of global music collaborations in favor of a more intimate story of friendship and shared intuition.

The project anchors the weight of two heritage traditions — Khan’s North Indian sarode and Gripper’s classical guitar meets West African kora style — with Buttery’s organic, self-taught finger-style providing flights of 21st century wizardry.

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