Bangladesh Rock Music (popularly called band music) was never lagging behind in its appreciation and performance of Baul music. Post 1971, among the five legends of Bangla rock such as Azam Khan, ...

Dhaka Jan 22 (BDNEWS)- The Baul genre of Songs of Bangladesh have been proclaimed as 'Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity' by UNESCO. In a recent letter written to the ...

United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) yesterday proclaimed Bangladesh's traditional Baul Songs as a "Masterpiece" of Heritage of Humanity. According to a statement ...

There was a time when rural Bangladesh would resonate with the beats of thedhol, theektaraand the mystical songs of the Bauls. The Bauls were a very colourful community, known for their wit, humour, ...

Baul music has come of age. It has been over 124 years since the transition of the Sage Fakir Lalon Shah (circa 1774-1890). If the 116 years he is thought to have lived and the 75 years timeframe in ...

The Bauls are mystic minstrels living in rural Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. The Baul movement, at its peak in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, has now regained popularity among the ...

Bauls, the itinerant minstrels from Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, are heterogeneous communities who believe in a diverse and hybrid spiritual philosophy expressed through their songs and music in ...

On Friday evening, renowned performer Parvathy Baul’s voice ranged from lively to sorrowful to passionate. With one hand, she plucked a long one-stringed instrument called an ektara and with the other ...