In the history of Bengali folk music, Baul, Kirtan, Bhatiali and Bhawaiya songs have been revived and re-used the most. But Bengali folk is a rich labyrinth of melodies and cultures — there are ...
When Aleya Begum, a renowned Bangladeshi Baul artiste, learned of her husband Abul Sarkar's arrest on the accusation of hurting religious sentiment, she broke down. In the same Bangladesh where they ...