Bengali music comprises a long tradition of religious and secular song-writing over a period of almost a millennium. Composed with lyrics in the Bengali language, Bengali music spans a wide variety of styles.
Chandrabindoo, based in Kolkata, is a Bengali band known for satirical, colloquial lyrics, with references to current affairs and cultural phenomena.
Gautam Chattopadhyay was an Indian Bengali singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer. In 1975, as a leader he founded the progressive rock band Moheener Ghoraguli with Tapas Das, Abraham Mazumdar, Pradip Chatterjee, Ranjon Ghoshal, Biswanath Bishu Chattopadhyay Tapesh Bandopadhyay. He was also a theatre personality, filmmaker, and ethnographer.
Moheener Ghoraguli was an Indian rock group from Kolkata, established in 1975. Their music drew from a wide variety of influences, including Bengali folk, Baul, urban American folk, and jazz. They sometimes described their style as "Baul jazz."
Indian rock is a music genre in India that may incorporate elements of Indian music with rock music, and is often topically India-centric. While India is more often known for its classical music, filmi, Bollywood music, Indi-pop, and Bhangra, the Indian rock scene has also produced numerous bands and artists.
Krosswindz is a Bengali rock/folk-fusion band, based in Kolkata, India. They have played all over India and abroad and have helped urbanize the folk music of Bengal and have tried to make it popular. Krosswindz is one of the few Kolkata-based Bengali rock bands who have female singers for their lead/main vocals.
Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak is the debut album by the Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli. It was released in 1977 by Gathani Records. It was recorded at a local studio in Kolkata during their formation period from 1976 to 1977. The band at the time consisted of Gautam Chattopadhyay, Biswanath Chattopadhyay, Pradip Chatterjee, Ranjon Ghoshal, Abraham Mazumdar, Tapas Das, Tapesh Bandopadhyay. Gautam also served as the band's primary songwriter, though he contributed only one track on the album credited to the band collectively and other tracks were written by Ranjon, Tapas and Tapesh.
Aabaar Bochhor Kuri Pore(Bengali: আবার বছরকুড়ি পরে) is a Bengali album by various musical groups and artists with a collaboration by the rock band Moheener Ghoraguli. It was released in 1995 by Asha Audio at Kolkata. This album is not an original Moheen album, like their earlier releases. It was released nearly twenty years after the last album in 1979.
Jhora Somoyer Gaan is a Bengali album by various musical groups and artists with collaboration and produced by the rock band Moheener Ghoraguli. It was released in 1996 by Asha Audio in India.
Pradip Chatterjee is a founder member of the Bengali band Moheener Ghoraguli. He is the younger brother of Gautam Chatterjee. He was also a theatre person, filmmaker and ethnographer.
Insomnia was the first psychedelic rock band from Kolkata, West Bengal. The band's repertoire included both English and Bengali songs. The band has an album each in English and Bengali. Insomnia were also quite adept at executing live music for theatre, being part of the act itself, in plays such as Peacewards, a 3rd theatre version of Rokto Korobi and numerous other plays. "Opekkha" from their Bengali album Proloyer Shomoye was part of the original soundtrack of the first Bengali sex comedy movie Aamra.
Abraham Mazumder is an Indian conductor and violinist. He is a former member of the Bengali band Moheener Ghoraguli and has been active in Kolkata's western classical music world since the 1980s.
Fossils (ফসিল্স) is an Indian hard rock band from Bengal formed in Kolkata, West Bengal, India in 1998. The group is considered one of the pioneering rock acts in Kolkata's Bengali music scene. The band currently comprises Rupam Islam, Deep Ghosh, Allan Temjen Ao, Tanmoy Das (drums), Prasenjit 'Pom' Chakraborty.
Cactus is an Indian Bengali rock band from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Since inception they have recorded five full-length studio albums and have performed over 2500 concerts across India & abroad.
Chronic Xorn, is a metal band, based in Kolkata, India. Chronic Xorn started in 2008, and shot to prominence after being featured in October 2009 in Headbanger's India.
Arunendu Das was a Burmese born Bengali architect, singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the pioneers of late 20th-century alternative Bengali songwriting. While Moheener Ghoraguli is considered to be the first Bengali Band, Arunendu was the first person to compose Bengali lyrics for songs written specifically to be accompanied by guitar, a genus of Bengali music which has become increasingly popular over time.
Dwight Pattison was an Indian bassist and guitarist born in Kolkata, India.
Tapas Bapi Das (also known as Bapida, or its variations Bapi Da, Bapi-da, was an Indian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli established in 1975 in Kolkata.
"Shudhijon Shono" is a song by Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli, featured on their 1978 debut album, Ajaana UDonto bostu ba Aw-Oo-Baw. Written by Ranjon Ghoshal, composed by Gautam Chattopadhyay, and sung by Tapesh Bandyopadhyay, Tapas Das and Ranjon. The lyrics is a call to the people of the city, while bass guitar carry the music. It was one of the band's initial songs such as "Haay, Bhalobasi" and "Bheshe Ashey Kolkata".
Chandrani Banerjee চন্দ্রানী ব্যানার্জি is an Indian Bengali singer and songwriter. She is the first Bengali female rock singer.
