Bangladeshi musicians on
international tours
Arnob and friends
Arnob and friends, namely, Andrew Morris, Buno, Nazrul, Jibon and Nazia are scheduled to start a world tour called the ‘unheard voices tour 2008’. Drishtipat, a human rights organisation partnering with Arnob and his friends organised this tour to raise money for its humanitarian projects.
The band has already confirmed their performance on October 30 in London and they are optimistic about performing at other venues – Chicago, Washington DC, New York, and Toronto.
More information is available from http: //www.drishtipat.org/ concert2008/.
Nagarbaul
Nagarbaul, one of the premier rock bands of the country recently toured Japan, Australia and India. The response was huge and it showed how much Bangladeshi musicians are making an impact on not only expatriate Bangladeshis but the non-Bengali music enthusiasts as well. The band’s next stop is Cyprus on August 22 and the United States tour after Eid.
It needs to be mentioned that Nagarbaul is going to release their new band album scheduled to be released during Eid.
The band’s new line-up (from left) Rubaiyyat Thakur Robin, business manager, Ahsan Elahi Funty on drums, Mahfuz Anam James, vocals & lead guitars, Sultan Raihan Khan -bass guitar, and Tinku Azizur Rahman on keyboards.
Kozmo Alive with Sohini
by Faizul Khan Tanim
Kozmo Alive, the regular Friday event of Kozmo Lounge, Dhanmondi couldn’t have been any better. Last Friday, the July 25 event featured Sohini Alam from London and was more ALIVE than ever.
She is quite easily one of the most powerful singers of the contemporary Bangla music scene and the best thing is to listen to her singing live. It is an amazing experience to feel her singing as she drowns in words, emotionally mingling with the lyrics and singing her heart out.
Curiously, although her singing style is very western, Sohini possesses one of the most elegant folk voices of recent times, making for a beautiful fusion. It sounds as though her rebel voice is screaming socialism in the midst of this capitalist world. This came out most clearly when singing the patriotic songs ‘Rashtro Bhashar Andolon’ (‘Dhaka Shohor Rokte Bhashailiee’) and ‘Amar Protibaad er Bhasha’.
Not only that, she has the most intoxicatingly mellowed vocals while singing Nazrul Geeti such as ‘Bono Horinee’ and ‘Ghoro Ghonoghota’. Her vocals style was beautifully complimented by acoustic guitars by Maher from the band Nemesis and Sarod played by the renowned Mohammad Yousuf Khan of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
She sang a lot of other songs, like her own song ‘Scarlet’, and a brilliant performance of the immortal ‘Nishi Raat Baka Chaad’, making sure everyone felt a toe-curling almost physical rush without a touch of substance abuse.
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