Nov 21 2009 Shoma Rahman on Bangla Music with English Rap Music

Currently she is experimenting with Bangla pop music mixed with live English rap music. [Read more]

 

Nov 17 2009 Shoma Rahman talks about her Music

In an exclusive interview with VOA Bangla she speaks about music background in her family and says that she got the inspiration from her mother initially. [Read more]

 

Sep 5 2009 Uttam Kumar Remembered on His Birth Anniversary

Uttam Kumar, one of the biggest film icons in the history of Bangla movies, hypnotizes the viewers even today. [Read more]

 

Aug 17 2009 Singer Kabir Suman on West Bengal Politics and Music

Suman also talks about his commitment to music and expresses gratitude for the people of the United States. He worked for Voice of America Bangla in the eighties.    [Read more]

 

Aug 10 2009 Interview with Prianka Sameer

Prianka Sameer plays piano as a member of Texas Youth Orchestra, a group of young people dedicated to music across the globe [Read more]

 

Jul 16 2009 Saba Jemin Chowdhury on Bengali Culture

Saba Jemin Chowdhury is a neuroscience major at the University of Texas-Dallas and is an accomplished poet, singer, and musician. [Read more]

 

Jun 26 2009 A Tribute to Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, the Maestro of Indian Classical Music

Hailed by violinist Yehudi Menuhin as ‘the greatest musician in the world,’ Khan had many firsts to his credit in taking Indian classical music to the west. [Read more]

 

Jun 21 2009 Indian Sarod Maestro Ali Akbar Khan Dead

Ali Akbar Khan, known for introducing classical Indian music to the West, has died. [Read more]

 

Jun 4 2009 Bangladesh Police Arrests Abdul Rauf Merchant, Convicted Killer of Gulshan Kumar

The police in Bangladesh have arrested Abdul Rauf Merchant, who was convicted of killing music magnate Gulshan Kumar in 1997, nearly a week after he escaped from a Mumbai jail following his release on furlough. [Read more]

 

May 1 2009 Actress Rituparna Speaks to VOA Bangla

Rituparna came to Washington DC recently for inauguration of her another movie, Piyalir Password  which is based on a story here in the US. During her brief stay in the US Capitol, she came to VOA Bangla Service. [Read more]

 
 
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