Soham Bhattacharya , A guy with a guitar on his hand who sings & writes his own song describes his music as indie acoustic with a blend of country, folk, classic rock & pop; also known as ‘tHe soHam’- a new name in the Indian Independent music scene. Growing up with a musical family, Soham has been exposed to performing arts as long as he can remember.
Soham started performing live gigs from his college days; within 3years he has performed more than 50 shows all over India. He got featured on various TV channels like Channel V, MTV, Tara Muzik, Mon TV and TV Southasia. He was one of the few indie artists from India to be featured on few indie radio stations in USA. Hindustan Times describes him as ‘One of the songwriters to watch out for in the future’.
In 2012, Soham was the finalist of Channel [V]’s Nokia Indiafest (for Acoustica event), he has got the opportunity to perform at the finale in Goa. Soham became the 1st runner up of Roland Talent Hunt Contest organized by Roland School of Music Japan.
The singer songwriter released his self produced debut EP (4track album) at the end of 2012 which created a mark in the indie music circuit. Some of his songs got aired on various indie radio stations in USA & India. His debut EP ‘Being Myself’ was also nominated for an independent award show “Best of 2013” organized by Booked Pro-an indie music company from Orlando Florida USA.
In early 2013 he released a new single called “When You Say” where he introduced a new instrument to his sound called “Ukulele” which is an instrument from Hawaii. His song “When you Say” got featured on various radio stations such as BTD Radio (Los Angeles USA), CNEU Radio (Massachusetts USA), Radio Flote (Bangalore India), Firemud FM (Delhi India).
Soham has performed at various renowned festivals & venues all over the country; such as ‘Live in Series’ (a concert presented by Maestro Bickram Ghosh & organized by Calcutta Classical Guitar Society), TLR Café, Matchbox Pub, Park Street Carnival, Street Music Festivals, The Beatles Tribute Evening, Organic Food & lifestyle festivals, Rolling Stone Magazine Open Mic at Someplace Else, Second Waltz concert at Tantra-The Park.
Now a day’s Soham is busy writing songs for his next record, at the same time he is performing regular gigs & travelling all over the country to spread his music. He just got back from a very successful “Live in Delhi” tour; where he performed at TLR café (one of the best independent music hub in New Delhi) & Matchbox Pub.