Konal’s Jaadu unveiled
May 16, 2012
Talented singer and winner of television reality show Channel-I, Sera Kantha, Konal unveiled her solo musical album titled Konal’s Jaadu, at a programme held at Liberation War Museum premises on Tuesday.
The album was unveiled by veteran singer Sohrab Hossain and music exponent Sudhin Das.
The album contains eight Read more
Fatema moves audience with Nazrul songs
May 13, 2012
It was a perfect beginning of a Nazrul Geeti evening as noted singer Fatema Tuz Zohra with her mellifluous voice began to render raga based Sandhya godhuli logoney narrating the exquisiteness of a beautiful evening, two distinctive features of Nazrul songs.
The Nazrul devotee paid a tribute to the great bard by singing various styled Nazrul songs on Friday Read more
Shaon Chowdhury receives South Asian Cultural Award
May 12, 2012
Noted Bangladeshi singer Shaon Chowdhury has recently received “South Asian Cultural Award” (Gold) from Kathmandu, Nepal. The singer was informed of winning the award over telephone from Kathmandu on April 14.
Shaon Chowdhury shared this prestigious award for his duet song “Tomaree Chokh-e Ekedilam” with Mumbai based super-star singer Alka Yagnik. The award is only conferred to Read more
Pagol: Lalon’s third album
May 12, 2012
‘Pagol’, the third studio album of folk-fusion band Lalon, presents an array of mystical songs that present a completely new concept of fusion music. There are a total of 8 tracks in the album, of which 5 songs are written by Fakir Lalon Shai, two by Shah Abdul Karim and one is collected. The songs have been re-arranged musically, keeping their original tunes untouched, by the band.
All the songs of the album Read more
LRB gigs at IGCC
April 2, 2012
The jam packed crowd was rocked by the electrifying performance of the leading band LRB on Saturday on the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center premises at Dhanmondi.
One of the leading bands of the country Country’s one of the famous bands LRB rocked the audience in its distinctive style by presenting an array of its original songs. They also grooved Read more
Asha mesmerises Dhaka audience
March 11, 2012
It was like the show of the century where a legend delivered a galore of her vast experience of over six decades in music. The prima-donna did not just sing and dance onstage, but moved the thousands of music lovers, who gathered at the Army Stadium on Friday, to enjoy soul shaking songs in a live concert.
The cheering audience warmly welcomed the living legend with a standing ovation as soon as she Read more
On the rise: Sabbir
March 5, 2012
Young singer Sabbir has been a regular in the music arena since childhood. After winning an award in “Notun Kuri”, a nationwide talent hunt, as a child artiste, Sabbir later went on to seize the best vocalist award in the “Benson and Hedges Star Search”. His journey didn’t stop there; Sabbir also became one of the top 10 singers in the 2006 edition of the “Close Up 1” talent hunt.
Sabbir grew up in Read more
Andrew Kishore on patriotic songs
March 2, 2012
Eminent singer Andrew Kishore has recently released a patriotic song highlighting the spirit of the Language Movement of 1952. State owned Bangladesh Betar aired the song, titled Palash-er diney palash hoye, written by Rafiquzzaman and composed by Farid Ahmed, during its Amar Ekushey special broadcast, which was well received by the audience.
In an interview with Read more
Musical notes from Down Under
March 2, 2012
Tête à tête with Akhtar Jahan
“I’m Akhtar Jahan, a singer, and a have a band in Australia,” read the cryptic text message. That got me thinking — could this be the same Akhtar Jahan with a remarkable voice, whom I had last heard at the Chhayanaut programmes just before the start of the Liberation War? When she confirmed my guess, I agreed to meet her to catch up and talk about her long music career.
“Man proposes and God Read more
Talent Unplugged
February 19, 2012
In conversation with Rizia Parvin
Rizia Parvin is a popular name on the music scene, busy with both playbacks and modern music. She recently talked about her life and hectic schedule.
Tell us about your latest album?
Rizia Parvin: My last album was “Abar Hobe Toh Dekha”, featuring 12 songs by Manna Dey. I admire his music very much, and the album was a tribute to the great singer Read more
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