Katick Khyapa is a famous Baul artist from Nabadwip of Nadia district. He has been associated with baul music for 30 years. He learned music from the age of 10-12 under the guidance of Tinkari Chakraborty and Sadhan Das Bairagya. Kartick is a promising Baul singer who is also deft in playing Dubki, Dotara, Khamak, […]
Swapan is a well-known Baul artist of West Bengal. Along with a vast repertoire of Baul music, Swapan masters in playing various traditional musical instruments like Khamak (percussive string), Dubki (hand drum), Dotara (string) etc. He started his musical journey at a very young age and later he was initiated and trained by Baul guru […]
Akkas Fakir, a young and enterprising Baul musician, is known for his baritone voice. He was introduced to Baul-Fakiri and Bangla Qawwali by his cousin Arman Fakir. Akkas is a key member of Arman Fakir’s Bangla Qawwali team and has performed in India and abroad. With time Akkas became the icon of young Baul music […]
Kalam Fakir is a resident of Chakram Prasad village of Jalangi in Murshidabad district. He has been associated with Baul music for the past 26 years and trained by Rohini Saha Goswami. Kalam Fakir has performed across India, including his home state West Bengal, New Delhi, Goa and also Bangladesh. He received the best artist […]
A resident of Jalangi block in Murshidabad district in West Bengal, Chhote Golam Fakir is one of the most talented and popular contemporary Bangla Qawwali singers. Gifted with a baritone voice, Chhote Golam was initially trained by his father Fakir Alimuddin Mondal. Subsequently, he was introduced to Bangla Qawwali by his Guru Abdur Rashid Sarkar […]
Manik Das Baul is a renowned young Baul practitioner hailing from Santiniketan in Birbhum district. Inspired from his father Kartick Das Baul, Manik had a fascination towards Khamak (one of the primary instrument of Baul music) from his childhood. It is the tunes of Khamak that brought him on the path of Baul music. For […]
Purnendu Das, a resident of Paruldanga village of Bolpur, Santiniketan is a young baul artist and son of renowned Baul artist Rina Das Baul and Dibakar Das Baul.Being brought up in a musical environment Purnendu learned music from his parents and with time, evolved as a master instrumentalist . He is proficient in playing Khamak, […]
Bama Prasad is a leading young Baul artist from Batikar village of Birbhum district of West Bengal. Bama has spent time with the traditional masters of Baul music from his childhood and later got trained in Baul music and traditional musical instruments from Late Tarak Khyapa. Bama has a melodious voice and is a master […]
Atahar Fakir is a young talented Baul Fakiri artist from the district of Nadia, West Bengal. As he was born in a musical family, Atahar was never taught but learned music from his father Ashmat Karikar at a very tender age. Later he emerged himself in Baul-Fakiri practice and led a spiritual lifestyle in association with […]
Chandan Sil, a resident of Guskara, Burdwan had started his musical journey at the age of 12 under the guidance of Mahananda Khyapa of Joydeb. Apart from singing Baul songs he can play the Dotara, Dugi and Ektara. Chandan Sil has performed in various places like Delhi, Nagpur, Mumbai, Goa, Rajasthan, Assam other than the […]
Prodyut Bala hails from a family of Hindustani Classical singers. He was initiated into classical music at the tender age of nine and gained proficiency over the years. He later developed an intense attraction towards Baul music and philosophy and went on to become a disciple of Harekrishna Das Baul. A resident of Ilambazar in […]
Nityapriya was born in 1995 and started learning music at the age of 10 from her father Iswar Birendranath Bala. Presently she is learning from her husband Sujay Mondal. She is known for her melodic voice, moving her audiences. Nityapriya has collaborated with Oriental Mood Trio from Denmark. She had performed throughout West Bengal and […]
Sumanta Das Baul, A young Baul from Shantiniketan, one of the best in his generation, sings with Dotara (traditional string instrument) and Khamak (traditional percussive string instrument). He has already been performed in many places throughout India and he also performed at Colors of Ostrava one of the biggest world music festivals, and in Germany.
Golam Fakir of Gorbhanga, Nadia is one of the best known Baul artist in the world, adored for his melodious voice and a unique style of playing the Dotara. Golam Fakir has performed across continents, including England, Scotland, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Tunisia and China. He has rendered his voice and acted in ‘Moner Manush’, a […]
Shyamsundar Das Baul grew up in Murshidabad. As a child he was always interested in kirtan and Baul songs. He sang with his grandfather and father, who traveling minstrels. His father, Tarini Das, was his first teacher. As a child, his primary school headmaster encouraged him to join Jatra because he sang beautifully and was […]
Bhajan Das Bairagya is a veteran Baul singer and Guru from Bardhaman. He is a brother to Baul Guru and singer-songwriter Sadhan Das Bairagya. He is not only an accomplished singer of Baul Fakiri songs but is also skilled at playing a variety of musical instruments such as Harmonium, Ektara, Dugi. His performance has been […]
Khaibar Fakir of Gorbhanga village of Nadia district in West Bengal has been groomed by various veteran artists and votaries. He is Baul guru, a soulful singer and also plays folk instruments like Dotara, Ektara. Khaibar has his own ashram, where he coaches his disciples in Baul Fakiri philosophy and songs. His Murshidi, Marfati and […]
Dibakar Das resides in Prantik, Bolpur, Birbhum. He is a veteran Baul musician from that region. He has performed extensively within West Bengal. He has also performed nationally and internationally. His performances have been broadcast in weekend shows by Doordarshan through the TV channels DD-1 and DD-7. He has also performed a song as a […]
Rina Das Baul is one of the most renowned female Baul singer from Santiniketan. Belonging from a Baul family, Rina learned Baul music from her grandfather when she was a child. In October 2022, Rina and her team Rangamatir Baul performed at WOMEX, the highest World Music platform, held at Lisbon in Portugal. She has […]
Subhadra Sharma is one of the most famous female Baul singers (Baulani) from Chapra, Nadia. She has sung for the album named ‘Baulanir Gaan’. Apart from performing across most of the metro cities in India, Subhadra has led the Baul Fakiri team at the Damascus Festival of Spiritual & Religious Music, Syria in 2012 and […]
Girish Mandal also known as Girish Khyapa, is an eminent Baul singer from Bardhaman district in West Bengal. Along with singing, he plays various traditional instruments such as Dotara and Ektara. Other than performing across India, he has also performed internationally. He has performed for the government owned TV channel Doordarshan and also for the […]
Kangal Khyapa, born in Joydev near Santiniketan in Birbhum district, is probably one of the finest Dotara players of India. Kangal started playing musical instruments at the age of seven. His inspiration and guide was his father, eminent Baul singer Lt.Tarak Khyapa. Kangal is also a Baul singer having high competence in playing other folk […]
Sadhu Khyapa is the son of legendary Baul singer Late Tarak Khyapa. At a tender age of 26, he has performed internationally in Sweden and the UK.
The birth-name of Rabi Das Baul was Rabi Mondal. He was born in Bhubandanga of Birbhum district in 1978. In his formative years, he was trained in music by Basudeb Das Baul. This relatively young artist is not only an able singer but is also an expert in playing traditional musical instruments like Dotara, Khamak […]
Mohan Tati, a renowned flutist, resides in the Bankura district of West Bengal. He learnt the finer nuances of playing flute by listening to the radio and honing his inborn skill as a flutist. Mohan performs with the Baul Fakiri and Jhumur genre of folk music regularly and has travelled accross the world including Denmark, […]
