Tunes that echo across the peripheries of lands – deserts, rivers, hills and forests – form the gist of the genre known as “folk music”.

One of the most popular young actors of, Sidharth Malhotra, will celebrate his birthday tomorrow, that is, Friday, January 16 ...

Folk and playback singer Kalpana Patowary is launching Folk Ecstasy, a unique 90-minute live concert in Mumbai. This ...

Lohri, celebrated every year on January 13, is one of the most vibrant winter festivals in North India. It is most popular in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh, where people gather around a ...

Folk music, above all else, aims to change the world. With every lyric, chord strum, and recording, the genre is attempting to shift the minds and perspectives of its audience. Folk music wants to ...

Two songs from Raihan Rafi’s film Toofan—Lage Uradhura and Dushtu Kokil—have set new YouTube viewership records, each surpassing one billion (100 crore) views. The film stars Shakib Khan. Lage ...

When a song becomes a national anthem, it is immediately elevated in stature to hold an exceptional public status. Nowhere is this more evident than in the protocol, the do’s and don’ts that govern ...

Singer Zubeen Garg has died at the age of 52 in Singapore following a scuba diving accident. Known for hits like Ya Ali, his career spanned Assamese, Bengali, and Bollywood music. His death leaves a ...

When your childhood is scored by Scottish punk and Bengali folk music, it’s safe to say that your life will be anything but conventional (and also that you will likely grow up to be a musician)—case ...

Dance can be the simplest and yet, most effective form of communication in human life. In the heart of West Bengal’s Purulia district, generations of Chhau dancers know this to be true. “I have ...