Abid Anwar Instantly recognised as an exceptional Tagore singer, Anup Bhattacharya expanded his musical talent to emerge as an extraordinary composer of modern and Baul songs, with many pieces sung by the composer himself. Those who are exposed to Anup’s tonality in Nazrul songs will readily recognise him with the popular phrase ‘many-in-one’. “Boishakhi Megher ... Read more
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Tausif’s Eid special Onidra
For a talented singer like Tausif, Eid is always an occasion for a new release. On the occasion of the upcoming Eid, his sixth solo album Onidra was released yesterday. The album has been brought out by G-Series. In a conversation with daily sun recently Tausif spoke about his new album, his journey to the ... Read more
“Simply Kona” launched at Café 33
Popular singer Kona’s third solo album “Simply Kona” was launched on August 18 at Café 33, New Baily Road, in the capital. Popular singer-composers Habib Waheed, Bappa Mazumder, Fuad Al Muktadir, Arfin Rumi, actress Rumana and others joined hands with Kona to unveil the album at the programme. Under the level of “Deadline Music”, the ... Read more
Souls’ digital album “Jam” launched
Pioneering band Souls, in association with Grameenphone Limited, launched its first digital album “Jam” on August 17 at Hotel Ruposhi Bangla in Dhaka. The album is available exclusively to subscribers of Grameenphone. The new album features lyrics written by and performance of the winners of a talent hunt, “Souls Featuring You”. Only Grameenphone
GP releases Kumar Bishwajit’s albums featuring hit songs of 30 years
Grameenphone (GP) Ltd on Sunday released four albums of noted popular singer Kumar Bishwajit, whose melodious voice and unique singing style captivates generations of music lovers in Bangladesh for over 30 years. The four albums are: “Meghe-r Palki”, “Ekta Akash”, “Swapner Anagona” and “Prem-er Abash” will feature the hit songs of the singer sung since ... Read more
SI Tutul bides his time
SI Tutul’s album “Shunnyo” was launched almost two years ago. Since then none of his albums has hit the audio market. However, there seems to be an album in the offing and according to him all the songs are now ready. Even though the album has not been released yet, Tutul has been performing the ... Read more
Ankhi Alamgir’s new album in the offing
Ankhi Alamgir’s debut album “Tomar Chokh”, featuring music by Shawkat Ali Emon, with its songs “Jol Pore Paata Nore” and “Ronger Ghuri” went on to become popular. This Eid, Ankhi is on her way to release a new album with six songs, also composed by Shawkat Ali Emon. The songs have been written by Khoshnoor ... Read more
Catching up with the cousins
Singer Alif Alauddin, Ali Pushpita Mouri and Marzia Faruk Nawrin are cousins. Hailing from a well-known music oriented family, the three cousins literary grew up with music. On 22 July, the three cousins made a joint appearance on ETV’s late night music show Phone O Live. According to the singer Alif, they wish to bring ... Read more
Chandra Roy’s ‘Boroshar Himel Hawa’
Legendary singer Rathindranath Roy’s daughter Chandra Roy is going to release her first basic solo album ‘Boroshar Himel Hawa’ in the next week with a view to touch the heart of listeners like her father. Audiovisual production house Laser Vision will bring the album in the market. Renowned music director, lyricist and singer Basu composed ... Read more
Sujit Mustafa—a true devotee of Nazrul Sangeet
“In my lifetime, I want to see a society which will reflect Nazrul’s thoughts on secularism, progressiveness and equity,” says Sujit Mustafa in a conversation with daily sun recently. Whenever one thinks about Nazrul artistes of the country, the name that immediately comes up to mind is Sujit Mustafa. Sujit Mustafa, a talented
Actors become crooners
An audio album featuring actors Fazlur Rahman Babu, Chanchal Chowdhury, Shamim Zaman and AKM Hasan will be launched soon. Audio house CD Choice is producing the album, titled “Patri Ekta Chai”. Apart from singing seven songs, Shamim Zaman is also coordinating the album. About the progress of the album, Zaman informed that it will be ... Read more
MLTR to rock Bangladesh in October
Michael Learns To Rock, commonly known as MLTR, will play at a couple of concerts in Bangladesh this October, according to the band’s official website. The Danish pop-soft rock band that performs songs in English, uploaded details about its upcoming autumn tours across the globe where it shares a link regarding the Bangladesh concerts. “Regarding ... Read more
Ibrar Tipu directs Baby Naznin’s next album
Ibrar Tipu composed some of the popular songs on Baby Naznin’s album “Shankha Nadir Majhi”, which was released four years back. Now Tipu is working on Naznin’s next solo album. The album will feature a total of 10 adhunik and folk songs. Naznin and Tipu are mutually complimentary about the other’s talent. Naznin says: “Tipu ... Read more
Ruksi with Pratik Hasan for first time
For the first time popular singer Ruksi will gave vocal for a duet track with son of late singer Khalid Hasan Nilu, Pratik Hasan. Earlier they had performed together in some concerts. But for the first time they will give their vocals for a track titled “Tumi Achho Bole, Ami Achhi.” Lyrics of the track ... Read more
Monir Khan, Milton Khondaker together after 6 years
Popular singer Monir Khan will present his 40th album to hislisteners on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The album will contain 10songs. The lyrics of the songs were written by Milton Khondaker while the songswere also composed by him. Through this album, the listeners will get Milton Khondakeralong with Monir after a span of six ... Read more
Elita is now guest faculty
Popular singer Elita Karim is familiar to all as a promisingsinger, some may recognise her as an anchor too. But none of above is herprofessional identity. Professionally, she is a journalist of a leading Englishdaily in the country. However, all of these identities could not meet her thirst.She has recently started teaching the students of ... Read more
Uttarayan’s ode to monsoon
Cultural programme at Shilpakala Academy Marking the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore and the first anniversary of music school Uttarayan, a cultural programme featuring Tagore’s monsoon- themed songs along with recitation was held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on July 29. With the theme “Ebong Borsha”, the event also featured instrumental ... Read more
“Pubal Batash”: Album of Bhawaiya songs released
A mixed album featuring Bhawaiya songs, titled “Pubal Batash” was released on July 27 at the Seminar Hall of Central Public Library, Shahbagh, Dhaka. The album features 10 popular songs of the genre. Lawmaker and noted media personality Asaduzzaman Noor was present as the chief guest at the programme. Among others, journalist and
Class VIII student to appear soon as singer, music director
Prottoy Khan, younger brother of promising singer Hridoy Khan, is going to appear as a singer and music director soon by launching hisdebut album “Prottoy Khan’s FnF”. The album will be released under the banner of Laser Visionin the middle of the month of Ramzan. The album will contain eight songs among which Prottoy will ... Read more
Kona optimistic on her albums
Popular pop singer Dilshad Nahar Kona has gained popularity as a pop singer by providing a number of hit songs for over a decade. Since the beginning of her career, Kona has attainted acclimation for her versatile and melodic voice. Kona is on her way to release her third solo album in the upcoming Eid-ul-fitr, ... Read more