October 1999. The band, made up of some of Kolkata’s working musicians, has been performing every Saturday night at Someplace Else, the “Music Mecca” of India - The Park Hotel, downtown Kolkata - for over a decade. The Saturday Night Blues Band has performed in a multitude of venues across the country - Not Just Jazz by The Bay, Seijo’s, Henry Thams, The Blue Frog – Mumbai, Haze Blues and Jazz Bar, Turquoise Cottage, QBA – Delhi, The Leather Bar, The Madras Cricket Club, Presidency Club – Chennai, East Coast Golf Club, The Bamboo Bay - Visakhapatnam Ajay Srivastav Ajay Srivastav is a British musician and songwriter of Indian heritage who merges Blues and Roots styles with elements of Indian Folk. His line up includes resonator guitar, tabla, upright bass and drums. Lyrically he is inspired by Indian Vedanta philosophy. His albums 'Karmic Blues' (2019) and 'Powerless' (2021) showcase his unique guitar style which blends Bluesgrass, Fingerpicking, raaga and slide styles. Delta blues Guitarist Kapil Chetri, New Delhi is credited to be one of the first sounds in India who deals primarily with Delta blues and other finger style-plucking, acoustic blues styles. Though the Big Bang Blues is more of a blues rock band, Kapil brings in the raw Mississippi sound to the group. Guitarist Arjun Chandran is another exponent of this style. He has even experimented with delta blues- fusing it with jazz, electronica and other forms of musical styles. References Blues music genres