Nachiketa Chakraborty – a man, an institution. Endearingly dubbed the 'agoon pakhi', loosely translated as the 'bird of fire', he is an icon of Bangla music who sings about life, love and our urban ...

“The kids come here because their parents push them to come,” said Athena Akram, instructor at the Bangla School of Music. The tiny school, which nurtures the music, language and culture of Bangladesh ...

In the dynamic realm of streaming audio platforms and social media, Indie music has earned substantial acclaim. Last year, SVF Music introduced Banglar Gaan Indies, presenting a fresh soundscape with ...

Four years later, the concert series is coming to an end. Tonight (Friday), Probar Ripon and his bandmates will perform their ...

Five miles of cables, forty vocalists and instrumentalists under eighteen, and a total of at least one hundred musicians, more than two centuries of music from the erstwhile Bengal province and ...

After almost a decade, legendary Bangla bands will perform at the Netaji Indoor Stadium on Sunday for “Band-E-Mic”. The high-octane event has created a huge buzz among music lovers. Most tickets have ...

Dhaka Classics, a new musical foundation, on Sunday announced its official launch to promote Western classical, jazz, and traditional Bengali music from home and abroad. The foundation is a non-profit ...

Written and composed by revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, it is one of the strongest protest songs in Bengal. Many still get goosebumps while listening to it due to its powerful lyrics and ...