Music

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Promising singer Somnur Monir Konal presented songs of different genres at a solo concert at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan 1 on Saturday evening. Konal began her presentation with timeless Tagore song Amar Mukti Aloy Aloy at the programme, where she also presented Nazrul songs, folk songs, and also songs from her own ... Read more

Songs of four masters in one album A Bloom in Vain and Other Songs (Koto Chameli Britha Jay) is an exquisite album consisting eight timeless songs of four masters Rabindranath Tagore, Atul Prasad Sen, Rajani Kanta Sen and Dwijendralal Roy. Expatriate Bangladeshi singer Dia Chakravarty has lent her melodic voice to make a gift to ... Read more

Uptown Lokolz, one of the pioneer Bangladeshi hip-hop bands, launched their second studio album VIP Access Vol. 1 on August 8 through a musically power packed programme at Russian Cultural Centre, Dhanmondi in the capital. The album has been produced by Wreck Records, a sub label of Incursion Music. The event not only consisted of ... Read more

Noted singer Shakila Zafar will take the stage at a solo concert at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan 1 in the capital at 6:30pm tomorrow. Shakila Zafar is one of Bangladesh’s most prominent singers of contemporary and traditional songs. Born in Karachi, her musical career commenced as a classical vocal music artiste. Shakila Zafar’s ... Read more

Jamuna-Bamba Eid Concert 24 bands rock the capital Celebration of Eid days may often seem uneventful in Dhaka due to lack of entertainment facilities, outside spending time with friends and family. The major recreation that is on the table for Dhaka dwellers is simply to go to different cafes and restaurants to hang out, to ... Read more

Almost half of the total number of music albums released a year comes during the Eid-ul-Fitr. Even though the music industry is in its waning phase with little turn-outs, producers find Eid-ul-Fitr to be a propitious time to release their best ones. The good news is this year, the music release scenario for Eid is nothing ... Read more

Tahsan up close and personal Popular singer and actor Tahsan is currently occupied with completing his upcoming works for Eid. The artiste has released his sixth solo musical album this Eid. His new album titled Uddesho Nei has hit the market on Thursday. It features 11 songs including Ke Tumi, Shesher Gaan, Uddesho Nei, Koto Dur, ... Read more

Popular private television channel NTV will air a special Eid programme featuring the classic songs that had been lip synced by legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen in her different films. The programme titled Amar Gaaner Nimantroney will be aired on the channel at 5:30pm on third day of Eid. Noted singers Kona, Nirjhar, Priyanka Gope,

Once popular rock band Vikings is back with a new album after a respite of 12 long years. The album contains six songs that the band has recently composed and performed for an upcoming film Run Out. The album, which is also titled Run Out, was launched at a programme at a restaurant in the ... Read more

After casting a magical spell with Jadur Shohor last year, popular band Chirkut is putting in long sessions of making music, as they aim for their next release at the end of this year. ‘We have fixed Laal-e Laal as a tentative title of the album, we may change in case we get a better ... Read more

Noted Tagore singer Kamal Ahmed has recently launched his seventh solo album titled Bedhechhi Amar Pran featuring 10 beautiful Tagore songs. The album consists of popular Tagore songs like Asa Jour Pother Dhare, Dariye Achho Tumi Amar, Sei Bhalo Sei Bhalo and of course the title song of the album. The album was launched from ... Read more

‘Without music, life would be a mistake’ – a saying like this, readers might guess, is expected to come from a musician. But it is a little surprising that the line comes from one of the most cynic philosophers of all time, Friedrich Nietzsche. Be it Nietzsche or Bob Dylan or any one else, the ... Read more

Singer Waqeel Ahad has already gained popularity in the music arena of the country through his fusion works where he mixes eastern lyrics with western music. To further his range of works, Waqeel has attempted to create music against social and environment issues. Waqeel Ahad has recently written, composed and sang a song on sound pollution. ... Read more