Bengali Songs

About Bengali Music

West Bengal is a state of India. It is part of the region of Bengal (along with Bangladesh), which has a rich tradition of Bengali music. The city of Darjeeling, which has a large number of Nepali people, is a center for Nepali rock.

Baul sangeet: The bauls are a mystic group of singers and musicials, immensely popular in the countryside. They perform using a khamak, ektara and dotara.

Band Music: Mohiner Ghoraguli is widely credited with being the first Bangla Band, though it did not achieve wide recognition in its time. Later, as Western influences became more widespread, the Bangla band became popular with young people during the 1980s and 1990s, both in India and Bangladesh, and has since become entrenched in modern Bengali culture. Bangla bands use a wide variety of styles such as rock, pop, hard rock, heavy metal,grunge, folk, and fusion. Their music is influenced both by popular American music as well as traditional Bengali folk music such as shyama sangeet and baul. Like popular music in other countries, Bangla bands are very popular among Bengali young people.