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 ...

Celebrating 100 years of Salil Chowdhury, the musical genius who blended Indian folk, classical, and Western melodies to create timeless songs across languages and generations.

Ochin Pakhi blends Bengali folk songs including those from Baul or Fakiri traditions with a Chicago twist, uniting cultures through music.

KCC Offstage featuring Arko Mukhaerjee marked a chapter of the second season of the programme. A known name in folk music, Mukhaerjee performed a beautiful blend of Western music with Bengali and ...

Bengali folk Music has survived many centuries and Ektara, the single-stringed musical instrument had a significant role to play. More at The Mango Diaries. Global Voices stands out as one of the ...

The Tollygunge Academy of Folklore organised its annual two-day international seminar and convocation on 29 and 30 March. Hosted at the Jadavpur University, the theme of this year’s seminar focused on ...

Abbasi had long been battling age-related complications and was admitted to the hospital on Friday after experiencing severe breathing difficulties. Just before dawn, at 5:30 am, his resonant ...

Lucknow: Prayers, Bengali community celebrated ‘Poila Boishak' the Bengali new year with great fervour and gaiety. At Kali Bari temple devotees gathered to take blessings from the goddess on the first ...

Salil Chowdhury launched his career in Bollywood with the film Do Bigha Zamin, directed by Bimal Roy, in 1953. Even though he entered a field already led by prominent figures such as SD Burman and ...

Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of eminent musicologist Mustafa Zaman Abbasi. In a condolence letter, Yunus said that the Ekushey Padak-winning artist’s ...