In a musical journey spanning four decades, Islam Uddin Palakar has travelled far and wide, both in Bangladesh and abroad, captivating audiences with his regional folk songs. The folk singer became a ...

Bengali rock icon Rupam Islam is all set to gift his fans a new song named after Abar Aranye, which also coincides with his 50 th birthday celebrations. Directed by Jayabrata Das, Rupam Islam has lent ...

Melodious Islamic songs dominate the airwaves in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The loudspeakers of thousands of music shops breathe the poetic warmth of ...

A Colorado high school student says he quit the school choir after an Islamic song containing the lyric "there is no truth except Allah" made it into the repertoire. James Harper, a senior at Grand ...

The song unquestionably become immensely popular thanks to the heart-melting wink by the young actor Priya Varrier. But that’s not the only reason the Oru Adaar Love star has been making headlines. In ...

Mohammed Mounir is known here for singing thoughtful and sometimes provocative lyrics, a pop star interested in more than music. After the Sept. 11 attacks, the singer was driven to learn more about ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. No doubt the songs that are commonly ...

A musical milestone was etched in Kolkata the other night. A rockstar sang a few bhajans topped with a Vedic hymn. It was as though Eric Clapton riffed through Abide With Me at a concert in Las Vegas ...

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