Culture / Music
Musical genius Kishore Kumar was a prankster even in his school days!
Remembering the gifted musician on his birth anniversary
Journey of a maestro never ends – that’s what Mohan Singh’s life prov...
His exclusive memoirs come to an end
Mohan Singh regrets that his talented son hardly got an audience when alive...
Many praised him after his death
Sourindro Mohan Tagore of Pathuriaghata was the Father of Fusion Music & fu...
How Queen Victoria asked him to do translations of her songs
Deep impact of Rabindrasangeet on a non-Bengali singer
Mohan Singh reminisces how Tagore influenced him
Influencers in Rabindrasangeet exponent Mohan Singh’s life
The singer speaks himself of all those who inspired him
When Pancham da called singer Sivaji Chattopadhyay for 1942-A Love Story
On RD Burman’s birth anniversary a GB exclusive
Singer Mohan Singh feels we must celebrate music as a whole and not box it ...
How did Tagore chance upon Bhanga Gaan?
Hooghly’s poor tribal girl Chandmani Hembrom is an extraordinary musical ...
She gets chance in Indian Idol and Bollywood for her songs
Happy Birthday Hemanta Mukherjee: Did you know the singer was also a film p...
Produced Mrinal Sen’s Neel Akasher Neechey and many Bollywood hits
How Rabindrasangeet and Santidev Ghosh influenced Mohan Singh
On a life-long musical pilgrimage at Santiniketan
Rabindrasangeet stalwart Mohar di made a mess while cooking khichuri!
Singer Mohan Singh remembers that fateful day
Farmer’s daughter from Bengal, dances her way to America’s Got Talent s...
Bad Salsa and Sonali-Sumanth duo
Mohan Singh remembers his guru Ashesh Bandopadhyay, a stalwart of Bishnupur...
Learning Bengali initiated a life-long love affair for him
Why singer Mohan Singh never had a big fan following?
He sings for his own upliftment and loves difficult numbers
Gauhar Jaan of Calcutta was the first to record Hindustani classical music ...
Gramophone started its debut in Hindustani Classical with Gau-har Jaan
Mohan Singh is not just a Rabindrasangeet exponent, he is a classical exper...
Why has Bengali audience ignored his classical style?
Singer Mohan Singh’s son Bikram is still alive, despite his early death
Bikram’s enthusiasm and lively nature touched all
Bikram Singh Khangura was a rebel poet and carefree soul
Mohan Singh’s elder son led a life on his own terms
Folk singers of rural Bengal spreading COVID-19 awareness through songs
Taking Baul and Jhumur song route
On his birthday, tracing how Manna Dey started singing for Uttam Kumar
Even after a century the duo is alive
Eminent singer Santidev Ghosh called some voices ‘uncultured!’ Why?
Mohan Singh discusses the importance of classical music lessons
Singer Mohan Singh’s beloved son Bikram, a talented musician died young
How his two sons also took to music
Mohan Singh’s favourite ‘Mohar Di’ Kanika Bandopadhyay
How she persuaded Mohan to stay back in Santiniketan
Did you know Ramkinkar Baij was a dramatist and not just a famous sculptor?...
Singer Mohan Singh speaks on this rare talent
Did you know famous actor Balraj Sahani taught in Santiniketan?
Listen to anecdotes shared by Rabindrasangeet exponent Mohan Singh
Did you know Pt Ravi Shankar sang a Bengali Film song?
GB plays an exclusive recording of the song on his birthday
When Ustad Amir Khan cooked ‘Bageshree Kanara’ for eminent singer Mohan...
Listen to the maestro in his own words
Eminent singer Mohan Singh shares his love story and how he picked up Benga...
Listen to the maestro in his own words
Mohan Singh Khangura recalls lessons with his teacher Nemai Chand Boral
Listen to the maestro about his life at Santiniketan
Purna Das Baul – the man who took Bengal’s baul songs to the global sta...
Why was he compared to Bob Dylan?
Tomake Chai – Indrajit Sen recalls a four-day musical journey with Kabir ...
The man who broke the glass ceilings of Bengali songs
Dhrupad maestro Bahadur Khan popularized Bishnupur Gharana
Was Bahadur Khan honoured by king of Bishnupur?
Pratima Barua who kept alive the folk music of Rajbangshis in Assam
Champion of Goalporia folk music and songs
Satyajit Ray made a bride of Jorasanko Thakurbari sing for his movie
How Amiya Tagore came out of the andarmahal to sing for Kanchenjungha
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
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
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