In the early 2000s, remixed versions of Bangla folk songs flooded neighbourhood corners during evening street matches and nighttime ceremonial events, which blurred the elusive nature of melancholia ...

Persian spread as it was a prestigious and developed language that worked as a lingua franca for trade and administration across much of the eastern Islamic world.

Secularism, of course, surfaces in relevance outside the reform of law as well, but until the 1980s, it was mostly wielded in ...

Today, jatra has taken on a more cinematic and dramatic form. Now, it also incorporates exaggerated or extreme elements to ...

Arzeen is having a moment, again. Months after his folk-tinged number Kalakala swept across social media and made him a name that Bangladeshi music listeners could not ignore, the Los Angeles-based ...

In 859 Fez, refugee, Fatima Al-Fihri designed Al Qarawiyyin university and mosque, the world's oldest, predating Oxford University and the Sorbonne ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

MUMBAI (ANI)– Singer Yo Yo Honey Singh has been on a roll. After delivering back-to-back hits, the Millionaire hitmaker released his new track Maniac from his album Glory . The song’s video features ...

Paul McCartney is back with his first new album since the end of 2020, and a new single that honors late former bandmate John Lennon. The Beatles icon and former Wings frontman, 84, announced Thursday ...

Paul McCartney is readying a new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane. Made with producer Andrew Watt, the LP is set for release on May 29, via MPL/Capitol. A single, “Days We Left Behind,” leads the LP; ...

Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — has officially unveiled his long‑awaited new studio album, Bully, marking a highly anticipated return to music after years of delays and public controversy. After ...

A new rendition of the classic patriotic track 'Prothom Bangladesh', reimagined by musician Fuad Almuqtadir, is set to be released this Independence Day on 26 March. The track marks the debut project ...