MKTO Classic

Born Again

Has it been a while since the last time you sat down, closed off the world, turned up the volume, and paid attention to everything an album has to tell you? Good, 'cause you'll be doing that today, hopefully,

It was the year 1964 and Ferdausi Rahman was very excited to be the first artist for the PTV station to be inaugurated in Dhaka, Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan), when artist Mustafa Monwar proposed for

GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE

The Morse Code took everyone by surprise when they released their album “Running in Circles”. They classify themselves as progressive funk – a genre they coined themselves. Give them a listen and you'll know why. The band continues to produce new music and their latest is the track and video of Jahajer Arohi which can be found on YouTube. I would recommend Lipstick and Nueve as your first listen, as

The fourth instalment of Joy Bangla Concert once again paid homage to Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's iconic speech of March 7, 1971, with Bangladesh's most prominent bands playing songs for thousands of youths at the Army Stadium in Dhaka on March 7, 2018.

ROY ORBISON

LAURA BRANIGAN, Self Control

Shahnaz Rahmatullah (former maiden name Shahnaz Begum) has been close to my heart since my childhood. I grew up in Purana

4-way Diablo

My eyes fluttered open to hip hop beats unfamiliar to my ears. Like reflex, I got up and started dancing to the tunes until realisation

JOHN FRUSCIANTE

I had never heard of the Behala festival. The Kolkata blind school in Behala has this festival every year; this was its fourth year by

On 27 December 2017, Pandit Jasraj arrived in Dhaka with his team to sing for the first time in the Bengal Classical music festival. His arrival was delayed by some confusion, his team members complained.

JARED DINES

When my grandfather Abbasuddin Ahmed passed away in December 1959, my father had just returned from UK after joining the Lincoln's Inn, he had no income.

Hall of Fame

You might think you know a thing or two about K-pop if you've listened to Gangnam Style but K-Pop is so much more than this one song.

When you are born to a family of luminaries, it is difficult to exude your own light out of the shadows of the giants who have been your predecessors.