Basudeb Das Baul
- Baul
- folk
- singer
- musician
- khamak
- ektara
- dotara
Basudeb Das Baul is a Bengali baul singer and musician from Bolpur in Birbhum 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
Basudeb is married and lives in birbhum. He has a daughter named Anita and a son Bhola
Discography
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Aat Kuthuri Noy Doroja |
All music is composed by Basudeb Das Baul
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Filmscores
- The Waiting City (2009) - featured soloist[4]
Concerts
- Dhaka International Folk Fest - 2017[2]
See also
References
- ^ 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.