::: Star Weekend Magazine :::

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Cover Story

Jazzing Up
A Storm

We are a culture that loves music. There is proof of that everywhere -- drum and bass beats pumping through the windows of cars, the soft lilting sounds of Adhunik Bangla songs seeping through the cracks of the walls, Hindi film songs floating from music stores. In the midst of all this, however, there is something else. A persistent sound that commands attention -- a scratchy voice singing songs of mysticism and all-powering love mixed in perfect harmony with western instruments, be they keyboards, synthesizers, or a full-stream band. Ethnic is in and as a result Bangladeshi folk and Baul music has turned modern, ready for the ears of the music world that is all about remixes and fusion.