At a young age, she decided to follow her heart and the passion called Baul music. Singing soul elevating songs that speak the universal language of love and compassion was her true calling. Today, ...

From the rural melas to the city pubs, baul tunes find a home everywhere. It’s a testimony to the versatile repertory of themes and traditions, say musicians From the rural melas to the city pubs, ...

Parvathy Baul on how destiny pushed her to make this mystical singing tradition a global phenomenon Mukolakkal in Nedumangad (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) is the unlikeliest place to meet a “baul” ...

From the riverbanks of Torsha in North Bengal, to the centre stage of world music, Parvathy Baul has travelled across the globe with her baul music. Much in the tradition of troubadours, bauls are ...

HYDERABAD: A musical tradition links Bangladesh to West Bengal and there are songs which cannot be divided into two, unlike land, says artist Tapasi Roy Chowdhury of ‘Baul’ music. Folk music is an ...

SVF Music has launched a documentary featuring internationally-acclaimed Baul singer Parvathy Baul, marking her first collaboration with the label. The project seeks to capture the essence of Baul ...

Shah Abdul Karim, a towering figure in Bengali Baul music, was born on the banks of the Kalni River in Sunamganj. His melodies, which echoed from rural enclaves to international stages, painted a ...

Baul music -- the wandering, mystical sound of Bengal’s soil -- has long belonged to akhras, village courtyards and spiritual gatherings. Now, it is travelling somewhere unexpected: into the laptops ...

The era of professionalism had dawned on Baul music. For the more conservative Bauls, these trends were a ‘shocking departure’ from the Akhara tradition where efforts of the entire community were ...

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Jat gelo jat gelo bole...Asbar kale tumi ki jat sile, ese tumi ki jat nile....Ki jat hobe jabar kale, se kotha vebe bolo na...” go the lyrics of a popular song by the Bengali Baul Lalon Fakir ...