Sadhu Das Baul, in his late twenties, is a young and enterprising Baul singer from Joydev near Santiniketan in Birbhum district. Sadhu started singing and playing musical instruments at the age of 10. His inspiration and guide was his father Lt Tarak Khyapa. Sadhu is a promising Baul singer who is also proficient in playing Dotara, Khamak, Ektara and Dugi. He has performed in many cities across India, including Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Silchar and Tatanagar. He performed at the Sur Jahan World Peace Music Festival in Kolkata and Goa and also in Urkult Festival, Sweden and Fagun Utsav, London.
Young artist Tapan Kumar Das (Sadhu) had participated in the Urkult festival at Sweden, held in between the 1st and the 3rd of August, 2019. He was a part of the Bengal ensemble which also had other Baul musicians – viz. his brother Tanmoy Das (Kangal) and flautist Mohan Tanti. Led by urban folksingers Debalina Bhowmik and Dipannita Acharya, they had regaled the audience with folk and Baul based music from Bengal.
Sadhu had also participated in the Urkult Festival, Sweden held between the 2nd and the 4th of August, 2018. He was accompanied by Baul artists, viz., Kangal and percussionist Khokan Das, along with urban folksinger Debalina Bhowmik. The team was led by urban folksinger Dipannita Acharya. The performance by the team was broadcast live by the Swedish national radio.
