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The following is a list of songs written about Kolkata or Calcutta, the capital city of West Bengal province of India: "Hymn for Kolkata" – by The Geek's Guitar [1] "Ami Miss Calcutta" – sung by Aarti Mukherjee in Basanta Bilap (1972) film "Kolkata" – sung by Nachiketa Chakraborty in Ei Besh Bhalo Achhi (1993) album
As far as the Charyagiti (9th century), ragas have been used in Bengali music. Jaydev's Gita Govinda, Padavali Kirtan, Mangal Giti, Shyama sangeet, Tappa, Brahma Sangeet and Tagore songs have been inspired by Ragas. The use of North Indian ragas in Bangla songs began in 18th century. This trend gathered momentum during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Bhoomi (ভূমি)(literally means earth) [1] is a Bengali urban folk music group based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Formed in 1999, [1] it soon become hugely popular and performed in various local, national and international platforms.
Bengali Rock music or Bangla Rock (India) originated in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.The first Bengali rock band in West Bengal and India was Moheener Ghoraguli. [1] [2] [3] In modern times, in this type of music distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, and drums are used, sometimes accompanied with pianos and keyboards.
In 1994 Gautam was awarded from Kolkata Doordarshan to make a first ever Bengali Music Video with a budget. The budget was too little to make a quality product, so after the video songs got recorded and televised for the Doordarshan, Gautam decided to come out with an audio cassette with the support of Sourish and A. Mukherjee.
Insomnia (Bengali: ইনসমনিয়া) was the first psychedelic rock band from Kolkata, [1] West Bengal. The band's repertoire included both English and Bengali songs. The band has an album each in English (Cry of the Spirit - self released) and Bengali (Proloyer Shomoye – Asha Audio).
The boss of Bengali Music revolution in the 90s, the educator honored as Banga Bhushan, who ignites the moral value in millions in the society, the philosopher who simplify life’s equations in simple language, the avenger who inspires common people to throw away an age-old rotten ruling system from Bengal.He is an idol for numerous people ...
Dohar (Bengali: দোহার) is an Indian folk music musical ensemble that specializes in the styles of greater Bengal as well as the North East India. [1] [2] It is very popular in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and in Bangladesh. [3] [4] Dohar has popularised Bengali and Assamese folk music.