Call of the Valley

Call of the Valley (1968) is an instrumental Hindustani classical concept album featuring Shivkumar Sharma on santoor, Hariprasad Chaurasia on bansuri flute, and Brij Bhushan Kabra on slide guitar. Framed as a loose suite that evokes a day in the Kashmir Valley, it moves through a sequence of ragas and melodic improvisations in a chamber-like setting, with lyrical interplay among the three lead instruments and measured percussion support. The arrangements emphasize melodic clarity and accessible textures rather than extended concert-form exposition, and the record is frequently noted for helping introduce Indian classical sounds to wider international audiences.