Nagpurians, especially Bengalis, enjoyed a musical treat on Sunday as Baul songs, Kolkata’s traditional folk music, were presented by three native artistes of Maatirgaan Nagpurians, especially ...

“Aami kichui jaani na, Aami kichui jaani na” (I don’t know anything, I don’t know anything), said a Baul gurujee from Kolkata with an entire world of wisdom flowing from his eyes to a small audience ...

Parvathy Baul on how destiny pushed her to make this mystical singing tradition a global phenomenon Mukolakkal in Nedumangad (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) is the unlikeliest place to meet a “baul” ...

Artists, poets, cultural activists, and fans of traditional Baul music singer Abul Sarker on Friday took to the streets to protest his arrest and demand his immediate and unconditional release. The ...

Traditional Baul musical instrument makers in Kushtia have called for financial support to expand their businesses. Thousands of instrument makers manufacture around 4,000 varieties of instruments ...

For Debdas Baul, a man well acquainted with no-fuss instruments like iktara, duggi and ghungroo, getting used to video calls and the online world seemed like a challenge. But the baul singer, from ...

There’s about eight of us crammed into a makeshift thatch hut so tiny you have to get on your knees to crawl in. We make for an odd menagerie. In one corner, a 20-something young man in a hoodie and a ...

Collaborations are the future of the arts. Almost a decade ago, an Australian musician met with a few Indian artistes and today we have what is called The Three Seas, a band that fuses Australian jazz ...

Delhi's World Music Concert wove global sounds into a captivating symphony. Shovana Narayan and Pt Rajendra Prasanna lit the lamp The journey through the landscape of world music, started with ...

Ghulam Fakhir still remembers the time when he carried dead bodies for civic authorities for Rs 400 a month. But even in the darkest days of poverty, Ghulam — who lives in Gorbhanga, a remote and ...

The music of the people for the people, by the people – that's probably one way of describing folk music. Shikor, a Bangladeshi traditional folk music band, will be representing the very roots of our ...

Comilla, Jan 15 (BDNEWS)-The administration has stopped the 200-year old traditional Baul Mela at Barikandi village of Barpara union under Daudkandi upazila on the occasion of Paush Sangkranti citing ...