Jacob Baroi grew up watching his father and uncles performing popular Pala Gaan (folk music plays) at their village in southern Bangladesh. Pala Gaan uses recitation, music, acting and dance to tell ...

A Catholic diocese in Bangladesh has featured religious folk music during an annual spiritual gathering as part of an effort to save this popular tradition from extinction. Two Pala Gaan (folk musical ...

A group of artistes yesterday staged a protest through Pala Gaan, the traditional Bangla folk music, condemning ongoing attacks on Baul artistes and mazars across the country and demanding the ...

Bangladesh is known as a land of music. The folk music of Bangladesh, in particular, is deeply connected with the psyche of the country and resonates through the villages of Bengal. “At the back of ...

Of folk music, it is rightly said that it transcends all borders - be it cultural, linguistic, or geographical. In Red FM’s endeavour to breathe life into the unsung forms of music and cultures, they ...