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

Prashant Pandit’s documentary The Word and the Teacher shows that, even after a century, Ferdinand Kittel lives on in the hearts of Kannada lovers ...

Dhaka-based label Qinetic Music has announced the release of Shohag, a collaboration between Bollywood composer Tanishk Bagchi and Ivorian singer KikiMoteleba. The release marks a return to the ...

After years of repression, Bangladesh's Islamist groups are mobilising ahead of February 12 elections, determined to gain a ...

Joto Kando Kolkatatei starring Abir Chatterjee and Bangladeshi actress Quazi Nawshaba, is now streaming on OTT after its ...

A new Bengali film, Dhaki, explores the fading tradition of live dhak players at Durga Puja. Seventy-year-old Tilak Dhaki ...

Returning to old songs and books reveals new meanings as we change and grow through life’s experiences. Return isn’t ...

The 13th annual Powers series Jan. 16-18 features readings of four new plays, plus short works by local writers ...

Just when the Internet was getting over Jahangir's Hawa Hawa - the breezy 1980s Pakistani pop hit used to introduce Sanjay Dutt's character SP Aslam in Dhurandhar - yet another musical connection has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Fleetwood Mac's "Silver Springs" debuts on a pair of Billboard ...

Playback sensation and National Award–winning vocalist Shilpa Rao releases her latest Bengali single, “Mayar Khelare” from movie MITIN-Ekti Khunir Sandhaney, under the prestigious banner of Surinder ...