Culture / Music
When and how did Bengal’s only classical music gharana originate?
Tracing the rise and fall of Bishnupur Gharana
How Tagore re-introduced Esraj, an instrument that made its way from Afghan...
Esraj, the dying instrument that needs to be revived
BITM to showcase German machine used to record Rabindranath Tagore’s voic...
Tagore’s own rendition of poetry and music to come alive
Kolkata’s Hemen & Co served musical maestros from Baba Allauddin Khan to ...
Small shop on Rashbehari Avenue with global musician clients
How singer and activist Hemango Biswas picked his tunes
Daughter Rongili Biswas shares some tales of the past
Lyricist composer Ranjan Prasad traces the renaissance of contemporary Beng...
From Tagore to present day rock performances
Celebrate Bengal’s only classical music gharana at Bishnupur Music Festiv...
Festival starts on 10th January
Why did Dhaki Gokul Chandra break patriarchy and trained women?
How a man from a Bengal village made a Team of Women Dhaakis
Salil Chowdhury’s wife Sabita is no more.
We bid adieu to Sabita Chowdhury, yet Boukatha kao pakhi will play on forever.
Music director Prabuddha Banerjee on Bhalobashar Shohor
Deconstructing an iconic song was a challenge for him
Did you know a baul’s ektara is also played in Rajasthan and Sind?
The common folk instrument of bauls
Baul Sanghamitra Das tries to preserve Bengal’s folk songs
This student from Santiniketan speaks on her baul performances
Renowned singer Sahana Bajpaie to perform in Kolkata on V-Day
She speaks to GB about her favourite city and future plans
Did you know Pt Ravi Shankar sang a Bengali Film song?
GB plays an exclusive recording of the song on his birthday
Singer from Siliguri keeps Manna Dey alive
Pintu Goswami pays an incredible homage to Manna Dey every day!
Incredible tale of making Salil Chowdhury’s Pagol Hawa
How singer Jatileshwar was stumped by Salil da
Let’s look out for a true baul on World Music Day
Indrajit Sen on his tryst with a baul in Aila ravaged Sunderbans
Anatara Chowdhury speaks on Salil Chowdhury and much more
How have Bengali songs evolved over the years?
Meet ‘Bengali Aunty’ Sawan Dutta and peep into her versatile vi...
Song-writer, arranger, singer and much more
Singer Rupankar Bagchi speaks to GB on music and much more
He has won hundreds of hearts by being just ‘Him’
Musician Gautam Chattopadhyay and Mohiner Ghoraguli
The man who deconstructed Bengal’s musical psyche
Did you know poet Nazrul Islam’s music was rejected by Viswabharati? ...
Rabindranath Tagore finally came to his rescue
Actor Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee lends his soulful voice to Tagore’s son...
New digital album of his songs
‘If God could sing, he would sound like Hemanta Da’
Shivaji Chattopadhyay of Bhalobasha Bhalobasha fame remembers the singer
Goddess of Music, Saraswati, was worshipped in brothels of Kolkata
How babus of Kolkata patronized the music deity’s worship
The first gramophone record of India was sung by a Kolkata Armenian
Gauhar Jaan was Angelina, born to an Armenian family
RD Burman’s Dum Maro Dum had upset SD Burman. Why?
RD Burman’s Dum Maro Dumhad upset SD Burman. Why?
RD Burman experimented with utensils and objects to make music
He discovered sound in every corner, from shepherds to Asha Bhonsle’s laughter
Famous song ‘2441139, Bela Bose’ almost landed Anjan Dutta in c...
Did the telephone number 2441139 actually exist?
Why Visva Bharati Music Board gave a fatwa against Debabrata Biswas
Remembering him on his death anniversary
Krishna Chattopadhyay – nightingale of devotional songs who lost her ...
On her birth anniversary GB traces her musical journey
Santiniketan’s Udayan comes alive with Shataborsho Porey
Eclectic evening with Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee’s magical performance
Burdwan’s 9-year-old Priti is the new Indian ‘Superstar’ ...
Priti Bhattacharya wins coveted ‘Superstar Singer’ reality show!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALIL CHOWDHURY! GB Exclusive with his daughter Antara
Antara Chowdhury on an exclusive interview about her father
Dama Dam Mast Qalandar girl Runa Laila to perform at Eden from 8pm today! ...
How this popular Bangladeshi singer had taken Indian audience by storm
Famous composer Simon Thacker from Scotland tours Bengal for the love of Ba...
Tours with his double album Trikala
Queen of Christmas songs & pop, Usha Uthup teams up with Bappi Lahiri ...
Duo reunite after 3 decades
Sahana Bajpaie, globetrotting singer with a Bangali heart
Sahana still misses Santiniketan and Bangladesh