Music

After a long hiatus, popular singer Samina Chowdhury’s solo album titled “Cholo Banchi” has been released. The album, featuring a total of 10 songs was unveiled at a function in a city hotel with AKM Arifur Rahman, chairman of Laser Vision, in the chair last week. Among others, lyricists Md Rafiquzzaman, Kabir Bakul, music director Ahmed ... Read more

Indian classical musician Saurav Kumar Nahar presented a solo music recital on Friday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. A music teacher of the centre Saurav Kumar presented a number of songs set on different ragas. He began with the song Tero chab nyara based on raga shree. He also presented two other ... Read more

Noted Nazrul singer Dalia Nausheen was greeted by her fellow singers and family members at a programme at the Radious Center, Gushan 1, in the capital on Thursday. The album titled Dol Purnima Raate, which is the first solo album of Nausheen in her long and eventful singing career, features ten timeless songs of the National ... Read more

Popular band Chirkut will perform live at the phono-live concert Close Up 1 Call-er Gaan on Desh TV at 9:45pm today an Eid-Ul-Azha special musical programme. Besides presenting its popular numbers, the band will perform in response to the viewers’ request. Earlier, the band appeared in the similar programme aired on GTV on Thursday. ‘To give ... Read more

Eid Music Albums Producers prefer quantity  A large number of audio and video albums are going to hit the market during the Eid-Ul-Azha and Durga Puja many of which are already in market for the music lovers. Around 70 audio and video albums will reach the market during the Puja and Eid festivals. But the ... Read more

Maliha, a schoolgirl from Khulna, was named this year’s Khude Gaanraj at the grand finale held on Friday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Sajib and Rahul respectively secured the first runner-up and second runner-up positions in the fourth season of the reality show of children’s singing competetion named Meridian-Channel-i Khude Gaanraj. Apart from the ... Read more

Popular band Pentagon is going to celebrate its 20th founding anniversary at a programme today at the Café 33 at Baily Road in the capital. The band was formed on October 12 in 1993 by Mohammad Ali Sumon, Shouquat Ali Imon, Ranjan, Shelly and Babu. Since then the band has presented many popular songs and ... Read more

Classical music students under different music teachers and from different schools have demonstrated their skills in classical music at a two-day classical music festival at the Biswa Sahitto Kendra in Bangla Motor, on Wednesday and Thursday. Young classical artistes below sixteen years performed at the festival organised by Suddho Sangeet Prasar Goshthi to inspire the young ... Read more

The popular Indian singer and song-writer Kabir Suman has expressed his deep condemnation on the verdict of Felani murder by the Indian Border Security Force through his latest song titled Felani Khatun, which is posted on the singer’s personal website. The song talks about how Felani lay dead hanging on the barbed-wire at the borders ... Read more

On a humid Friday afternoon, the driveway of Ruposhi Bangla Hotel was abuzz with excited music lovers; some were donning Iron Maiden tee shirts, a few of them sporting Led Zeppelin tees and all of them gathered to attend Rock Nation II. Organised by Live2, RockNation II turned out to be one of the biggest and ... Read more

Different genres of Nazrul were presented at a musical programme organised by Bangladesh Nazrul Sangeet Sangstha at the Chhayanaut Auditorium on Sunday evening. The show began with a chorus presentation of the Nazrul song titled Jug jug dhori loke loke mor by the artistes of the Sangstha in fast tempo revealing the zeal of the ... Read more

Popular rocker and also the founder of the leading band LRB, Ayub Bachchu has decided not to release any more albums in CDs unless the disheartening and off-putting scenario of the audio market/industry changes. The singer is ready with around 35 new numbers for his audience. But, as the country’s audio market/industry is suffering from ... Read more

The popular rocker of the country James has proved his success in Bollywood again. His new number Bebasi in Gurmeet Singh’s upcoming film Warning has already created a stir among the music lovers of India and Bangladesh. A separate music video has been released to popularise the film, and the music video itself has got ... Read more

Singer turned actor Agun performs as an obstinate young man in the drama serial Black and White – a character he can relate to himself – which is aired on Sundays and Mondays at 8:20pm on ETV. Agun told New Age that he was also acting in another drama serial Probasey Parobasey, directed by Sakal ... Read more

The renowned Tagore singer Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya entertained a full-house audience at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre on Saturday. The small auditorium of the Centre was teeming with music lovers and the ambiance enjoyedthe Tagore’s numbers.She presented songs of various genres of Tagore from the different episodes of the Gitobitan, a collection of Tagore songs, at the ... Read more

Musical soiree held at Gulshan Club Ustad Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury’s eponymous third solo album was launched on August 23 at Gulshan Club, in the capital. Under the label of G-Series, BRAC Bank has sponsored the album. Zeeshan Kingshuk Huq, Head of Communication’s Service Quality of BRAC Bank; Ustad Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury; Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing ... Read more

Ferdousi Rahman, a singer of repute, stepped into the world of music as a young girl of six. She has been a major figure in the cultural scenario for over six decades. The Daily Star met up with the eminent singer. Excerpts: What’s your nickname? “Mirna”–it’s a Russian name. What keeps you going?

Weekends are time to relax and unwind, and what better way to do that than with some music and films? Star Arts & Entertainment brings you Our Pick, a selection of films and music albums we believe you will enjoy; something that can brighten up your weekend. Album: Dukhini Dukkho Korona Artist: James, Release: 1999

As every year, Laser Vision– one of the best-known record labels of the country, brought out a number of albums this Eid. Fahmida Nabi’s solo album “Ichhey Hoy” was one of them. With lyrics by Zulfiquer Russell, the songs were composed by Naquib Khan and Pilu Khan. A total of eight tracks feature on the ... Read more

The Music of Jamaica Despite the tiny size of the island, Jamaican music has long been a powerful force on a global scale. Even ignoring the deity that is Bob Marley and his reggae legacy, the island boasts a wealth of extraordinarily popular genres such as dancehall and dub, as well as having a long ... Read more