![]() Why are home-grown Bengali bands becoming a rage? What's making them click with listeners, not just in Bengal, but all over the world? In fact, Bhoomi had a performance at the Dag Hammarskjold auditorium at the United Nations headquarters on July 12 this year. While Chandrabindoo went on a musical tour of American cities in 20, this year Cactus flew for a similar mission. Bangla bands are a hit with college crowds in cities like Bangalore and Delhi as well. The numbers speak for themselves, especially in a scenario where even new albums by established Bengali singers do not cross the 5,000-CD mark.Īnd it is not just the local crowd or expat-Bengalis who are lapping up the heady medley "" a mix of pop, blues, rock and elements of local folk forms like Baul, Shyamasangeet and Bhatiali. Since its launch in 1995, Paras Pathar's Ajo Ache, which had hit songs like "Bhlolage", has sold 6,00,000 copies to date Chandrabindu's Chaw, which was released in 2001 has sold 4-5 lakh copies, while the first album by rock-band Fossils has done some 2 lakh copies. If contemporary Bangla music became revolutionary when bands like Chandrabindoo, Bhoomi and Cactus first appeared on the stage in the early-mid nineties, then today it is a phenomenon.Īt Symphony, the music store in downtown Esplanade, albums by home-grown bands are bestsellers in the Bengali-music category, doing even better than the golden oldies, or the revered Rabindrasangeet. Home-grown Bengali rock bands are sweeping the music market not just in Bengal but all over the world.
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