As a purist and almost a puritan in music, I have always viewed overt experimentations; well let us put it this way with a bit of a scoff.

Music enthusiasts of the port city enjoyed a recent performance by Aswad, a Chittagong -based Sufi and folk band. Alliance Française de Chittagong (AFC) organised the musical evening at its gallery.

As a tribute to Abbasuddin Ahmed and Abdul Alim, two towering figures of Bangladeshi folk music, Dr. Nashid Kamal (granddaughter of Abbasuddin Ahmed) and Ajgar Alim, Jahir Alim and Nurjahan Alim (children of Abdul Alim) performed on the second night of the Dhaka International Folk Festival.

Feedback is one of the bands that played a big hand in the changing music tastes of Bangladeshi music lovers over their four-decade journey.

A filled-to-the-brim audience at the capital's Army Stadium enjoyed an assortment of folk music on Thursday, as the Dhaka International Folk...

Momtaz Begum, unparalleled folk singer of Bangladesh, has a staggering number of 700-plus albums to her credit, and enjoys a popularity that is unmatched.

Abul Khair, chairman of Bengal Foundation and Alexander A. Nikolaev, the Russian Ambassador, together opened an evening of Chamber

Considered by many as the empress of Lalon songs, Farida Parveen is one of the most recognisable voices of folk music from Bangladesh.

Chester Bennington's stint as frontman with the Stone Temple Pilots (STP) is over. Bennington took on lead vocal duties in early 2013 when STP split with its wayward singer Scott Weiland.

The first ever Dhaka International Folk Festival, organised by Sun Events, sets off tomorrow. The three-day (November 12-14) festival awaits a...

Lakshyapar's “Late Autumn Session” ahead of its 7th Annual Classical Music Conference was held recently at Sudhijan Pathagar, Narayanganj. Hosted by the privately managed library, it was more than a mere soiree of classical music. Lakshyapar has stayed on its mission of opening up the latent beauty and splendor of sub-continental classical music for less trained ears.

Anjan Chowdhury speaks about Dhaka International Folk Fest.

Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) organised an evening of Nazrul Sangeet and Rabindra Sangeet, titled “Robi Porikramay Nazrul” by Anindita Kazi (from India) and Lily Islam on Saturday at IGCC, Gulshan-1.

On Friday morning, Bangladesh Music Week (BMW) 2015, organised by LiveSquare in association with the Norwegian Embassy and Concert Norway...

The first edition of the Jazz & Blues Fest Dhaka 2015 concluded a little past midnight at the Army Museum on Sunday, with jazz diva China Moses bringing a fitting curtain call to the capital's first encounter with the two earliest forms of World Music.

The second day of the Jazz and Blues Fest Dhaka continued to draw crowds, and put some Bangladeshi talent to the fore along with a captivating set by Louis Banks, the 'godfather of Indian jazz'. Before and after him, a Bangladeshi-French cellist duo, a formidable all-Bangladeshi blues group and a Californian blues-rock act took stage, as did Arnob and his band, in a surprise cameo appearance.

In a bid to prop up cross-cultural understanding and exchange, strengthen melodic dialogue and collaboration and to establish a sustainable regional network of artistes, cultural activists and resource persons, the two-day (November 6-7) Bangladesh Music Week 2015 was held in Dhaka.

Coldplay have revealed their seventh album, “A Head Full of Dreams”, will be released on December 4.

“Jazz is not just a sound or a specific set of techniques; jazz is a mindset,” Vasundhara Vidalur, the new sensation of Indian Jazz, summed up the genre of music in a single sentence last night...

Bengal Classical Music Festival, the biggest classical music festival in the world, has been growing in popularity over the last three years.