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	\| name = Brij Bhushan Kabra		\| name = Brij Bhushan Kabra
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	\| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British Raj\|British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British Raj\|British India]]
	\| death_date = 12 April 2018 (aged 81)		\| death_date = 12 April 2018 (aged 81)
	\| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India		\| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, India
	\| instrument = [[lap slide guitar]]		\| instrument = [[lap slide guitar]]
	\| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]		\| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
	\| years_active =		\| years_active =
	\| label =		\| label =
	\| ~~associated_acts~~ = [[Debashish Bhattacharya]]<ref name=Globe>{{cite news\|last=Gilbert\|first=Andrew\|title=Sliding between cultures, instruments\|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]\|date=2008-04-06 \|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/04/06/sliding_between_cultures_instruments/ \|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref>		\| past_member_of = [[Debashish Bhattacharya]]<ref name=Globe>{{cite news\|last=Gilbert\|first=Andrew\|title=Sliding between cultures, instruments\|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]\|date=2008-04-06 \|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/04/06/sliding_between_cultures_instruments/ \|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref>
	\| website = {{URL\|http://www.brijbhushankabra.com}}		\| website = {{URL\|http://www.brijbhushankabra.com}}
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	'''Brij Bhushan Kabra''' (1937 – 12 April 2018) was an Indian musician who popularized the guitar as an instrument in [[Indian classical music]].<ref name=Globe />		'''Brij Bhushan Kabra''' (1937 – 12 April 2018) was an Indian musician who popularized the guitar as an instrument in [[Indian classical music]].<ref name=Globe />

	Kabra was born in 1937 to Goverdhanlal Kabra in [[Jodhpur]] where he spent his youth.<ref name=AMG>{{cite web\|last=Hunt \|first=Ken \|title=Brij Bhushan Kabra - Biography\|~~website~~=[[~~Allmusic~~]]\|url={{AllMusic \|class=artist\|id=p31896 \|pure_url=yes}}\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref name=midday>{{cite news\|title=Indian classical music on the guitar\|newspaper=[[MiD DAY]]\|date=2002-10-26\|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2002/oct/34757.htm\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> He was interested in sports and listened to Indian classical music but did not intend to become a musician and trained as a geologist.<ref name=midday /> During a visit to [[Kolkata]] he discovered the Hawaiian [[lap slide guitar]] and convinced his father to let him learn it by promising to only play classical music.<ref name=midday /> Kabra then lived in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], learnt the instrument by imitating records, and later studied under [[Ali Akbar Khan]].<ref name=midday /> He modified the guitar by adding [[Sympathetic string\|sympathetic]] and drone strings.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \|last=Slawek \|first=Stephen \|editor=Arnold, Alison \|encyclopedia=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent \|title=Hindustani Instrumental Music \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=RA2-PA207 \|year=2000 \|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]] \|volume=5 \|isbn=0-8240-4946-2 \|page=207}}</ref>		Kabra was born in 1937 to Goverdhanlal Kabra in [[Jodhpur]] where he spent his youth.<ref name=AMG>{{cite web\|last=Hunt \|first=Ken \|title=Brij Bhushan Kabra – Biography\|publisher=[[AllMusic]]\|url={{AllMusic \|class=artist\|id=p31896 \|pure_url=yes}}\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref name=midday>{{cite news\|title=Indian classical music on the guitar\|newspaper=[[MiD DAY]]\|date=2002-10-26\|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2002/oct/34757.htm\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> He was interested in sports and listened to Indian classical music but did not intend to become a musician and trained as a geologist.<ref name=midday /> During a visit to [[Kolkata]] he discovered the Hawaiian [[lap slide guitar]] and convinced his father to let him learn it by promising to only play classical music.<ref name=midday /> Kabra then lived in [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, learnt the instrument by imitating records, and later studied under [[Ali Akbar Khan]].<ref name=midday /> He modified the guitar by adding [[Sympathetic string\|sympathetic]] and drone strings.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \|last=Slawek \|first=Stephen \|editor=Arnold, Alison \|encyclopedia=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent \|title=Hindustani Instrumental Music \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=RA2-PA207 \|year=2000 \|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]] \|volume=5 \|isbn=0-8240-4946-2 \|page=207}}</ref>

	Kabra became the first Indian musician to play ''[[raga]]'' on the guitar, performed publicly, and recorded the successful album ''[[Call of the Valley]]'' (1967) with ''[[bansuri]]'' player [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] and ''[[santoor]]'' player [[Shivkumar Sharma]].<ref name=midday /><ref>{{cite news\|last=Das\|first=Arka\|title=The rite of strings\|newspaper=[[The Telegraph ~~(Kolkata)~~\|~~The Telegraph]]~~\|date=2008-12-15 \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081215/jsp/entertainment/story_10250943.jsp\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> The guitar was seldom used in Indian classical music, and his guitar playing gained popularity in the 1970s [[hippie]] culture.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Shukla\|first=Vandana\|title=Fine guitar recital\|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|date=1999-01-31 \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb01/chd.htm\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> Kabra recorded solo albums and concentrated on teaching since the 1990s but continued to perform.<ref name=AMG /><ref name=midday />		Kabra became the first Indian musician to play ''[[raga]]'' on the guitar, performed publicly, and recorded the successful album ''[[Call of the Valley]]'' (1967) with ''[[bansuri]]'' player [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] and ''[[santoor]]'' player [[Shivkumar Sharma]].<ref name=midday /><ref>{{cite news\|last=Das\|first=Arka\|title=The rite of strings\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|location=India\|date=2008-12-15 \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081215/jsp/entertainment/story_10250943.jsp\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023132219/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081215/jsp/entertainment/story_10250943.jsp\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=23 October 2012\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> The guitar was seldom used in Indian classical music, and his guitar playing gained popularity in the 1970s [[hippie]] culture.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Shukla\|first=Vandana\|title=Fine guitar recital\|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|date=1999-01-31 \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb01/chd.htm\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> Kabra recorded solo albums and concentrated on teaching since the 1990s but continued to perform.<ref name=AMG /><ref name=midday />

	He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1983–84, was made a fellow of the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for 1995–96, and received the national [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for 2005.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Awardees \|publisher=Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi \|url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html \|access-date=3 April 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522010310/http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html \|archive-date=22 May 2010 \|url-status=dead ~~\|df=dmy~~ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Guitar\|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]\|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#InstrumentalGuitar\|access-date=3 April 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417012651/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm\|archive-date=17 April 2010~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref>		He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1983–84, was made a fellow of the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for 1995–96, and received the national [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for 2005.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Awardees \|publisher=Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi \|url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html \|access-date=3 April 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522010310/http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html \|archive-date=22 May 2010 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Guitar\|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]\|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#InstrumentalGuitar\|access-date=3 April 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417012651/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm\|archive-date=17 April 2010}}</ref>

	Kabra died on 12 April 2018 in Ahmedabad at age 81.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sliding-guitar-gently-weeps/articleshow/63738293.cms \|title=Sliding guitar gently weeps \|last=Somasundaram \|first=Kannan \|agency=TNN \|date=13 April 2018 \|website=The Times of India \|publisher=The Times Group \|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>		Kabra died on 12 April 2018 in Ahmedabad at age 81.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sliding-guitar-gently-weeps/articleshow/63738293.cms \|title=Sliding guitar gently weeps \|last=Somasundaram \|first=Kannan \|agency=TNN \|date=13 April 2018 \|website=The Times of India \|publisher=The Times Group \|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
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	\| caption = In concert at Delhi		\| caption = In concert at Delhi
	\| birth_date = 1937		\| birth_date = 1937
	\| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[~~Rajasthan~~]], [[British Raj]]		\| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British Raj\|British India]]
	\| death_date = 12 April 2018 (aged 81)		\| death_date = 12 April 2018 (aged 81)
	\| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India		\| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India
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	\| website = {{URL\|http://www.brijbhushankabra.com}}		\| website = {{URL\|http://www.brijbhushankabra.com}}
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	'''Brij Bhushan Kabra''' (1937 – 12 April 2018) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ musician who popularized the guitar as an instrument in [[Indian classical music]].<ref name=Globe />		'''Brij Bhushan Kabra''' (1937 – 12 April 2018) was an Indian musician who popularized the guitar as an instrument in [[Indian classical music]].<ref name=Globe />

	Kabra was born in 1937 to Goverdhanlal Kabra in [[Jodhpur]] where he spent his youth.<ref name=AMG>{{cite web\|last=Hunt \|first=Ken \|title=Brij Bhushan Kabra - Biography\|website=[[Allmusic]]\|url={{~~Allmusic~~ \|class=artist\|id=p31896 \|pure_url=yes}}\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref name=midday>{{cite news\|title=Indian classical music on the guitar\|newspaper=[[MiD DAY]]\|date=2002-10-26\|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2002/oct/34757.htm\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> He was interested in sports and listened to Indian classical music but did not intend to become a musician and trained as a geologist.<ref name=midday /> During a visit to [[Kolkata]] he discovered the Hawaiian [[lap slide guitar]] and convinced his father to let him learn it by promising to only play classical music.<ref name=midday /> Kabra then lived in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], learnt the instrument by imitating records, and later studied under [[Ali Akbar Khan]].<ref name=midday /> He modified the guitar by adding [[Sympathetic string\|sympathetic]] and drone strings.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \|last=Slawek \|first=Stephen \|editor=Arnold, Alison \|encyclopedia=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent \|title=Hindustani Instrumental Music \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=RA2-PA207 \|year=2000 \|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]] \|volume=5 \|isbn=0-8240-4946-2 \|page=207}}</ref>		Kabra was born in 1937 to Goverdhanlal Kabra in [[Jodhpur]] where he spent his youth.<ref name=AMG>{{cite web\|last=Hunt \|first=Ken \|title=Brij Bhushan Kabra - Biography\|website=[[Allmusic]]\|url={{AllMusic \|class=artist\|id=p31896 \|pure_url=yes}}\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref name=midday>{{cite news\|title=Indian classical music on the guitar\|newspaper=[[MiD DAY]]\|date=2002-10-26\|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2002/oct/34757.htm\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> He was interested in sports and listened to Indian classical music but did not intend to become a musician and trained as a geologist.<ref name=midday /> During a visit to [[Kolkata]] he discovered the Hawaiian [[lap slide guitar]] and convinced his father to let him learn it by promising to only play classical music.<ref name=midday /> Kabra then lived in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], learnt the instrument by imitating records, and later studied under [[Ali Akbar Khan]].<ref name=midday /> He modified the guitar by adding [[Sympathetic string\|sympathetic]] and drone strings.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \|last=Slawek \|first=Stephen \|editor=Arnold, Alison \|encyclopedia=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent \|title=Hindustani Instrumental Music \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=RA2-PA207 \|year=2000 \|publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]] \|volume=5 \|isbn=0-8240-4946-2 \|page=207}}</ref>

	Kabra became the first Indian musician to play ''[[raga]]'' on the guitar, performed publicly, and recorded the successful album ''[[Call of the Valley]]'' (1967) with ''[[bansuri]]'' player [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] and ''[[santoor]]'' player [[Shivkumar Sharma]].<ref name=midday /><ref>{{cite news\|last=Das\|first=Arka\|title=The rite of strings\|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]\|date=2008-12-15 \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081215/jsp/entertainment/story_10250943.jsp\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> The guitar was seldom used in Indian classical music, and his guitar playing gained popularity in the 1970s [[hippie]] culture.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Shukla\|first=Vandana\|title=Fine guitar recital\|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|date=1999-01-31 \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb01/chd.htm\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> Kabra recorded solo albums and concentrated on teaching since the 1990s but continued to perform.<ref name=AMG /><ref name=midday />		Kabra became the first Indian musician to play ''[[raga]]'' on the guitar, performed publicly, and recorded the successful album ''[[Call of the Valley]]'' (1967) with ''[[bansuri]]'' player [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] and ''[[santoor]]'' player [[Shivkumar Sharma]].<ref name=midday /><ref>{{cite news\|last=Das\|first=Arka\|title=The rite of strings\|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]\|date=2008-12-15 \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081215/jsp/entertainment/story_10250943.jsp\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> The guitar was seldom used in Indian classical music, and his guitar playing gained popularity in the 1970s [[hippie]] culture.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Shukla\|first=Vandana\|title=Fine guitar recital\|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]]\|date=1999-01-31 \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb01/chd.htm\|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> Kabra recorded solo albums and concentrated on teaching since the 1990s but continued to perform.<ref name=AMG /><ref name=midday />

	He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1983–84, was made a fellow of the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for 1995–96, and received the national [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for 2005.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Awardees \|publisher=Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi \|url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html \|access-date=3 April 2010 \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~5oiJocIEE?url=~~http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html \|archive-date=~~3 April~~ 2010 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Guitar\|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]\|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#InstrumentalGuitar\|access-date=3 April 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~5rUTVnMVi?url=~~http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm\|archive-date=~~25 July~~ 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1983–84, was made a fellow of the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for 1995–96, and received the national [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for 2005.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Awardees \|publisher=Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi \|url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html \|access-date=3 April 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522010310/http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html \|archive-date=22 May 2010 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Guitar\|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]\|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#InstrumentalGuitar\|access-date=3 April 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417012651/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm\|archive-date=17 April 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	Kabra died on 12 April 2018 in Ahmedabad at age 81.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sliding-guitar-gently-weeps/articleshow/63738293.cms \|title=Sliding guitar gently weeps \|last=Somasundaram \|first=Kannan \|agency=TNN \|date=13 April 2018 \|website=The Times of India \|publisher=The Times Group \|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>		Kabra died on 12 April 2018 in Ahmedabad at age 81.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sliding-guitar-gently-weeps/articleshow/63738293.cms \|title=Sliding guitar gently weeps \|last=Somasundaram \|first=Kannan \|agency=TNN \|date=13 April 2018 \|website=The Times of India \|publisher=The Times Group \|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brij Bhushan Kabra
| image = Brij Bhushan Kabra 20.JPG
| alt =
| caption = In concert at Delhi
| birth_date = 1937
| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = 12 April 2018 (aged 81)
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India
| instrument = [[lap slide guitar]]
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| years_active =
| label =
| associated_acts = [[Debashish Bhattacharya]]<ref name=Globe>{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Andrew|title=Sliding between cultures, instruments|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=2008-04-06 |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/04/06/sliding_between_cultures_instruments/ |access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.brijbhushankabra.com}}
}}
'''Brij Bhushan Kabra''' (1937 – 12 April 2018) was an [[India]]n musician who popularized the guitar as an instrument in [[Indian classical music]].<ref name=Globe />

Kabra was born in 1937 to Goverdhanlal Kabra in [[Jodhpur]] where he spent his youth.<ref name=AMG>{{cite web|last=Hunt |first=Ken |title=Brij Bhushan Kabra - Biography|website=[[Allmusic]]|url={{Allmusic |class=artist|id=p31896 |pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref name=midday>{{cite news|title=Indian classical music on the guitar|newspaper=[[MiD DAY]]|date=2002-10-26|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2002/oct/34757.htm|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> He was interested in sports and listened to Indian classical music but did not intend to become a musician and trained as a geologist.<ref name=midday /> During a visit to [[Kolkata]] he discovered the Hawaiian [[lap slide guitar]] and convinced his father to let him learn it by promising to only play classical music.<ref name=midday /> Kabra then lived in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], learnt the instrument by imitating records, and later studied under [[Ali Akbar Khan]].<ref name=midday /> He modified the guitar by adding [[Sympathetic string|sympathetic]] and drone strings.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Slawek |first=Stephen |editor=Arnold, Alison |encyclopedia=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent |title=Hindustani Instrumental Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=RA2-PA207 |year=2000 |publisher=[[Taylor and Francis]] |volume=5 |isbn=0-8240-4946-2 |page=207}}</ref>

Kabra became the first Indian musician to play ''[[raga]]'' on the guitar, performed publicly, and recorded the successful album ''[[Call of the Valley]]'' (1967) with ''[[bansuri]]'' player [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] and ''[[santoor]]'' player [[Shivkumar Sharma]].<ref name=midday /><ref>{{cite news|last=Das|first=Arka|title=The rite of strings|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|date=2008-12-15 |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081215/jsp/entertainment/story_10250943.jsp|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> The guitar was seldom used in Indian classical music, and his guitar playing gained popularity in the 1970s [[hippie]] culture.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shukla|first=Vandana|title=Fine guitar recital|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=1999-01-31 |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb01/chd.htm|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> Kabra recorded solo albums and concentrated on teaching since the 1990s but continued to perform.<ref name=AMG /><ref name=midday />

He was awarded the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1983–84, was made a fellow of the Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi for 1995–96, and received the national [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awardees |publisher=Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi |url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html |access-date=3 April 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5oiJocIEE?url=http://sangeetnatakakademi.org/awardees.html |archive-date=3 April 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Guitar|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#InstrumentalGuitar|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5rUTVnMVi?url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archive-date=25 July 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Kabra died on 12 April 2018 in Ahmedabad at age 81.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/sliding-guitar-gently-weeps/articleshow/63738293.cms |title=Sliding guitar gently weeps |last=Somasundaram |first=Kannan |agency=TNN |date=13 April 2018 |website=The Times of India |publisher=The Times Group |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p31896|label=Brij Bhushan Kabra}}

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