Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - "...The similarities and differences of approach to their related instruments, based on the microtonal palette of the slide guitar, add up to a world-music stew that blends references from Delta blues to New Delhi...", "...A MEETING BY THE RIVER is one of the best settings imaginable for Ry Cooder's laid-back acoustic blues: a 40-minute set of improvisations with Bhatt...", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Bhatt's slide playing is exquisite, searching and sensitive, captivatingly Indian in character while Cooder's bottleneck sounds as if he is truly responding to an artistic challenge and enjoying himself...", "...an improvisational masterpiece...Cooder and Bhatt gracefully toss complex melodic ideas back and forth with a sympathy and intuitive sense that are nothing short of magical...why waste time trying to identify `highlights' on a treasure trove like this?..."
