Friday, November 15, 2024

Fakir Alamgir no more

Legendary singer and freedom fighter Fakir Alamgir passed away at 10:56pm on Friday in the capital’s United Hospital. He had been suffering from Covid-19, and was 71 years old at the time of passing. He had also suffered from a heart attack at around 10:00pm while in ventilation at the Covid unit. Fakir Alamgir was ... Read more

A prolific playback voice goes silent forever

Andrew Kishore, one of the most prolific playback singers of the country, passed away this evening at his hometown Rajshahi after battling cancer for months. He was 64. Kishore breathed his last at 7:00pm at the residence of his sister Dr Shikha Biswas in Rajshahi city, his brother-in-law Dr Patrick Bipul Biswas confirmed to The ... Read more

Music industry going downhill

The industry of contemporary Bangla songs including playback music is going downhill because of over-commercialisation of the industry, seasoned musician and lyricists say. They also say music is being a victim of the commodity culture with the reigning motive being production of music in the cheapest, easiest and quickest way possible. ‘The industry is going ... Read more

Ramp models in item songs: a new trend catching on

Dhallywood loves to follow. From catchy dialogues to hit songs to celeb-inspired hairstyles, it follows anything and everything from films made in India. The latest trend wafting in from outside the country is the use of item songs in commercial films. However, unlike Indian films, which pioneered the trend with known and less-known actresses, local directors ... Read more

Obscure’s “Majhraat-e Chand” released

Popular ’90s band Obscure’s tenth album “Majhraat-e Chand”, was recently unveiled at capital’s Dream Desk Studio in Bailey Road, under the label of G Series-Agniveena. Thespian Shimul Yousuf, owner of G Series-Agniveena Nazmul Haque Bhuiyan and several well-wishers and fans launched the album. Sayed Hasan Tipu, front-man of the band, said, “The album has a ... Read more

GP Music launched

Grameenphone launched a new digital music platform named ‘GP Music’ on Tuesday at hotel Westin with an objective to revolutionise Bangladeshi music industry. GP Music will host thousands of Bangla songs – a rich collection of both classic hits and exclusive new releases aiming to help music lovers and musicians to bring back the glory ... Read more

Miles launches 9th album in digital format

Miles released its latest album in digital format at a launching ceremony at the Westin Hotel on Tuesday. The album, Protichhobi, is the ninth album of the rock band and the first released digitally. It will be available on Grameenphone’s new digital music platform and fans will be able to listen to the songs using ... Read more

Nancy to release her 3rd solo

Popular singer Nancy is all set to release her 3rd solo Dustu Chhele at an album launching ceremony at the Seven Hills restaurant in the capital on Monday. The other two solo albums of Nancy are—Bhalobasa Odhora in 2010 and Rong in 2012. Dustu Chhele contains eight songs including one Nazrul song Tomar Akashe. The other ... Read more

James becomes more regular in playbacks

Renowned musician James has become more regular in lending his voice for films. Recently he has playbacked for four films—Desha The Leader, Warning, Zero degree and yet to be released Satta. I have become interested in playback because of two reasons—first of all, good days are coming for our films, and, secondly, musicians are trying to ... Read more

Pink Floyd top British album charts for first time since 1995

British progressive rock group Pink Floyd topped the album charts for the first time in nearly 20 years on Sunday with The Endless River, the Official Charts Company said. The newly-released album, which the band says will be their last, became the third fastest-selling by a single group or artiste this year after shifting more than ... Read more

Chirkutt participates in South Asian Bands Festival

Popular band Chirkutt is participating at the 8th South Asian Bands Festival 2014 at the Purana Quila of New Delhi in India Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and an Indian NGO, SEHER, have jointly organised the three-day festival, which began on Wednesday. A number of prominent bands from all other South Asian countries including ... Read more

Sujala’s debut Lalon album released

Promising folk artiste Sujala Mohapatro has released her debut album titled Ei Manush-e Achhe Sei Manush Mishe that features some of the most popular songs of legendary bard Fakir Lalon Shai. The album was released from production house Gaaner Kheya on October 1. Ei Manush-e Achhe Sei Manush Mishe features a total of 10 Lalon songs including ... Read more

Nine bands from 5 countries to perform in Dhaka

Nine rock music bands from five South Asian countries will rock Dhaka audience in a concert scheduled on October 24 at the Army Stadium. The concert, which will be organised by Bondhu Package of Grameenphone, will feature local bands Warfaze, Aurthoheen, Nemesis, Shunno and Arbovirus, along with Colour Compound from India, Kaya from Pakistan, Albatross ... Read more

Young singers dominate Eid albums

Among around a hundred albums that await release during Eid-ul-Azha, solo albums by young artistes and mixed albums seem to take over the list. Production houses, it appears, are reluctant to spend enough to bring seasoned singers onboard. However, for music lovers, there are many options to choose from a good variety of music genres like ... Read more

Obscure all set to release new album

One of the oldest bands in the Bangladesh music scene Obscure is all set to release its ninth album. The band which was formed back in 1985 will release the album at a programme at Dream Desk Studio, Baily Road in the capital on Friday. The album titled Obscure o Bangladesh contains 10 tracks including ... Read more