In the history of Bengali folk music, Baul, Kirtan, Bhatiali and Bhawaiya songs have been revived and re-used the most. But Bengali folk is a rich labyrinth of melodies and cultures — there are ...

Riverine landscapes and regional cultures define Bangladeshi folk music, spanning mystical Baul traditions, rhythmic Sari, ...

Norwegian poet Wera Saether founded 'Mayer Tori' to preserve authentic Bengali folk traditions by teaching children traditional music.

Members of city-based folk band, Fakira, recorded a music video from the confines of their homes as they paid tribute to popular folk artiste Ratan Kahar, by performing the original version of the ...

While the news of Sinhalese singer Yohani de Silva of the runaway hit ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ making her Bollywood debut in the upcoming Ajay Devgn film ‘Thank God’ trends big time on social media not ...

Ripon Kumar Sarkar aka Boga performing the song in Coke Studio Bangla Season 2. Instagram The arrangement of Nodir Kul is another stamp of musician Shayan Arnob Chowdhury’s talent. The music evolves ...

After years of punching Punjabi with Hindi in his hip-hop, Badshah has taken to Bengali. His latest track Genda Phool include two lines from a popular Bengali folk song Boroloker Beti Lo, sung by ...

There is something undeniably delectable about a folk song that teases recipes from the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans: waterlily cooked with garlic; hilsa combined with tart, fleshy sherbet ...

Indian folk music is a diverse sphere and in it Bengali folk has a significant position. Taking this indigenous musical form across the globe, singer Mihir Basu, along with his group Saptak is ...

KOLKATA: Kalikaprasad Bhattacharya, a well known Bengali folk music singer, has died in a car accident in Gurap in Hooghly district on Tuesday. Sources said the rear tyre of the fast moving car, in ...