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Basudeb Das
বাসুদেব দাস
Basudeb
Basudeb
Background information
Birth nameBasudeb Das
BornBolpur, Birbhum district, West Bengal, India
OriginWest Bengal
Genres
  • folk
  • Occupation(s)
    • singer
  • musician
  • Instrument(s)
  • ektara
  • dotara
  • Years active?-present
    LabelsFolkpick

    Basudeb Das Baul is a Bengali baul singer and musician from BolpurinBirbhum district, West Bengal, India;[1] who also plays khamak, ektara, and dotara as an accompaniment.[2][3] He is known for pioneering traditional Baul music on the international music scene. He also works on the music score for the Australian film The Waiting City as a featured soloist in 2009. A critically acclaimed Bangladeshi movie "Hawa" also featured one of his celebrated song "Atta baje deri koris na" in his own voice.[4]

    Early life Basudeb was growing up in a village twenty-five kilometres away from Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.[2] Though he spent most of the time of his life at Santiniketan. Where Basudeb became friends with a number of singers, including Shanti Deb Ghosh, Prabhat Mukharjee and Paban Das Baul.[2] He started singing folk songs since his age of thirteen.[2]

    Basudeb took baul lessons from several mentors like Shwapan Chatterjee, Dinanath Das Baul, Naran Das, Baka Sham Das, and Bishwanath Das. He collaborated Kolkata Jazz Festival since 2004 with Tanmoy Bose.[5] He also performed at Dhaka International Folk Fest Concert, 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2][6]

    In 2009, Basudeb's debut solo studio album Aat Kuthuri Noy Doroja was released by Folkpick.

    Personal life[edit]

    Basudeb is married and lives in birbhum. He has a daughter named Anita and a son Bhola

    Discography[edit]

    List of studio albums
    Title Album details Ref(s).
    Aat Kuthuri Noy Doroja
    • Released: 25 September 2009
    • Label: Folkpick
    • Formats: CD

    All music is composed by Basudeb Das Baul

    No.TitleLyricsLength
    1."Hridmajharey Rakbo"Lalon4:47
    2."Aar Chaina Janaam"Lalon5:03
    3."Aar Keno Mon" 7:23
    4."Nadi Bhora Dheu"Bhaba Pagla4:16
    5."Mora Nodir Chare" 5:57
    6."Kobe Hobe Biye" 5:10
    7."Panchobotir Patay Patay"Traditional4:38
    8."Dil Doriyar Majhe"Lalon5:27
    9."Ek Mayer Duti Sontaan"Lalon4:46
    10."Emon Bhaber Noditey" 5:23
    11."Eh Khelaghor Bhangbey" 4:53
    12."Aat Kuthuri Noy Doroja"Lalon4:15
    [7]

    Filmscores[edit]

    Concerts[edit]

    See also[edit]

  • flag India
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ PARI (August 1, 2017). "Basudeb Baul: Singing the ballads of Bengal". People's Archive of Rural India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  • ^ a b c d e f Basudeb Das Baul (November 18, 2017). "Basudeb Das Baul" (Interview). Interviewed by Sanjida Chowdhury. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  • ^ Md Intaj Ali (February 1, 2018). "The Dotara Project". Café Dissensus. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  • ^ a b "The Waiting City (2009)". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  • ^ PTI (3 November 2015). "Tanmoy Bose cuts new 'unique' fusion album". The Financial Express (India). Indian Express Limited. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  • ^ "Basudeb Das from India". dhakainternationalfolkfest.com. Dhaka International Folk Fest. 2017. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  • ^ "Aat Kuthuri Noy Doroja". folkpick. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  • External links[edit]


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