The Daily Star

After Ghazals, Dr Mahfuzur Rahman back with Bangla Eid songs

ATN Bangla Entertainment has already released three covers from his solo-concert "Hridoye Tomakei Chay". The songs are titled "Rafta Rafta", "Pyar Bhare Do Sharmeele Nain" and "O Mere Samne" on social ...
The Telegraph

Darale Duaarey: Coke Studio Bangla Season 2 drops a ghazal by Nazrul Islam on Eid

Coke Studio Bangla Season 2 is back with yet another magical composition — Darale Duaarey. It is a melodious ghazal penned and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, which has been sung by Mukul Mojumder ...
Indiatimes

Suresh Wadkar’s new song ‘Saanjhpakhi’ is an ode to the purity of ghazal

Padmashree Shri Suresh Wadkar’s latest release is a Bengali semi-classical cum ghazal titled ‘Saanjhpakhi’. The melodious track has been composed by popular singer Debojit Dutta and the lyrics are by ...
The Daily Star

Radio, ghazals, and “Islami gaan”: What Nazrul’s shift to music said about his syncretism

A turbulent political time had emerged by the middle of the 1920s within the Indian national movement and in Bengal. Poet, writer, and musician Kazi Nazrul Islam was pained at the time by the widening ...
The Telegraph

Coke Studio Bangla Season 2 drops the super groovy folk fusion number ‘Deora’

After a soft Nazrul Islam song with ghazal overtones, Coke Studio Bangla Season 2 has dropped the super groovy folk fusion number — Deora — on YouTube. Deora has been sung by Pritom Hasan (who has ...