MUMBAI, (IANS) – Playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan, lyricist Irshad Kamil and singer-composer Arijit Singh have joined forces for their latest song ‘Barkha’. The track has strong influences of Bengali ...

Lakkhichhara unveils an exhilarating performance lineup for Durga Puja, showcasing a mix of their classics, Mohiner Ghoraguli tracks, and Bengali folk songs. The tour kicks off in Kolkata and ...

Tunes that echo across the peripheries of lands – deserts, rivers, hills and forests – form the gist of the genre known as “folk music”.

When your childhood is scored by Scottish punk and Bengali folk music, it’s safe to say that your life will be anything but conventional (and also that you will likely grow up to be a musician)—case ...

Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Karachi celebrated the Pohela Boisakh, the Bengali New Year 1432 at the mission's premises on Saturday night. The BD mission arranged a colorful evening with ...

HYDERABAD : Bengali music has always been a significant part of our country’s cultural heritage. Recently, the Bengal Unbound concert, organised by Hyderabad Bengalee Samity at Shilpakala Vedika, ...

A baul (Bengali folk singer) has been travelling across the state, preaching about peaceful polls and appealing to people to refrain from violence during voting. Swapan Dutta, 58, was in Malda on ...

The website — 'bengalfolkperforming.art' — has video recordings of 39 types of folk performance arts shot on location in remote corners of the state where the tradition belongs (From left) Ananya ...

I am neither a musician nor a music critic. Nor am I trained in assessing the technicality of a music performance. However, as a trained feminist anthropologist, I love to follow—borrowing Arjun ...