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Lalon also known as Fakir Lalon Shah, Lalon Shah, Lalon Fakir (Bengali: লালন; 17 October 1774 – 17 October 1890; Bengali: 1 Kartik 1179) was a prominent Bengali philosopher, Baul saint, mystic, songwriter, social reformer and thinker. Regarded as an icon of Bengali culture, he inspired and influenced many poets, social and religious ...
Krishna Chandra Dey and Pannalal Bhattacharya, were famous for their renditions of devotional songs, while Abbasuddin Ahmed, Kiran Chandra Roy, Amar Pal were stalwarts in singing Bengali folk music. Bengali music is highly indebted to Lalon, Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Ramprasad Sen and Jasim Uddin. All traditional Bengali music is ...
Moheener Ghoraguli (Bengali: মহীনের ঘোড়াগুলি, literally "Moheen's horses") was an Indian rock group from Kolkata, established in 1975. [1] Their music drew from a wide variety of influences, including Bengali folk, Baul, urban American folk, and jazz. [1] [2] They sometimes described their style as "Baul jazz." [2 ...
Baul or Bauls (Bengali: বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal, which includes the country of Bangladesh and the Indian State of West Bengal. [1] [2] Lalon is regarded as the most important poet-practitioner of the Baul tradition. [3] [4] [5] Baul music had a great influence on Rabindranath Tagore's poetry and on his music ...
According to Abbasuddin Ahmed, this music is like the random and pleasant wind blowing from North Bengal called Bhawaiya. According to a survey taken of performers of Bhawaiya (conducted by the Folk Cultural and Tribal Cultural Centre, Government of West Bengal ), the name is derived from the word Bhao , which was transformed into Bhav .
Basudeb Das Baul is a Bengali baul singer and musician from Bolpur in Birbhum district, West Bengal, India; [1] who also plays khamak, ektara, and dotara as an accompaniment. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is known for pioneering traditional Baul music on the international music scene.
This is the only band which defines its music as ‘urban folk'. [citation needed] The band uses a fusion of modern, urban lyrics with rural Bengali folk tunes like baul, which was a very early style of music by wandering minstrels in rural Bengal or Bhatiyali (traditionally sung by the boatmen on the Ganges and also the Padma in Bangladesh).
He is credited with creating a new compositional form that combined the Bengali folk style of Baul music with classical melodies and kirtan. After him, a school of shakta poets continued the Kali-bhakti tradition. Krishna Chandra Roy, Siraj ud-Daulah, Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam were immensely inspired by the songs of Ramprasad.