Bauls: People whose Religion is Music !!!

Purna Das Baul

Baul Music is one of the few  widely known and appreciated types of folk music in West Bengal and Bangladesh.

Bauls constitute both asyncretic religious sect and a musical tradition. Bauls are a very heterogeneous group, with many sects, and Originally, the Bauls were nonconformist, who rejected the traditional social norms to form a distinct sect that upheld music as their religion. "Baul" is also the name given to the genre of folk music developed by this creative cult. Music is their only source of sustenance: They live on whatever they are offered by villagers in return, and travel from place to place, as it were, on a vehicle of ecstasy.

Soul of IndiPop and Rock : Euphoria

Whenever we come across the term "Rock Band" the first thing which strikes our mind is some crazy,wild foreign group,but Indian bands too haven't fallen far behind the race.

The evolution of Rock Band in India dates back to 1988 when the first ever band was formed by Dr. Palash Sen and his friends in Delhi and they named it "Euphoria".

'Indian Ocean' - Pioneers of Fusion Rock

‘Indian Ocean’- those who have heard them they would remember the the unique sound of guitar played by Sushmit.The musical style of the band can be at best classified as fusion music. Some music critics describe the band's music as "Indo-rock fusion with jazz-spiced rhythms that integrates shlokas, sufism, environmentalism, mythology and revolution".

Indian Ocean are an Indian rock band formed in New Delhi in 1990. They are considered to be the pioneers of fusion rock genre in India. Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam formed the most stable and successful line-up in the band's timeline.

Jal - The Band

'JAL' is the leading pop rock band in India.It originated form Lahore in Pakistan.Initially the band consisted to two members,Goher Mumtaz who was the song writer,lead guitarist and vocalist of the band and Atif Aslam who was the vocalist.The first song from them was "Aadat" which created a sensation everywhere topping all the local music charts.This song was recorded in Meekal Hasan's studio and was made freely available on internet and this song became very popular and was the most downloaded Pakistani song in 2002.

Due to some differences between them Atif Aslam left the band and Goher Mumtaz then recruited Farhan Saeed (on vocals)and Aamir Sheraz(on base guitar). With the new line up Jal came out with there debut album "Aadat" in 2004.This was the best selling album of that year.In 2007 the band came with another album "Boond"which topped several music charts in Asia.The band won "MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist India" in 2006.