Basudeb Das Baul is a

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baul The Baul () are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism and Vaishnavism from different parts of Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley and Meghalaya. Bauls constitute bot ...

singer and musician from

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; who also plays khamak,

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, and

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as an accompaniment. 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. Early life Basudeb was growing up in a village twenty-five kilometres away from

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. 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. He started singing folk songs since his age of thirteen. Basudeb took baul lessons from several mentors like Shwapan Chatterjee, Dinanath Das Baul, Naran Das, Baka Sham Das, and

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. He collaborated Kolkata Jazz Festival since 2004 with

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. He also performed at Dhaka International Folk Fest Concert, 2017 in

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. In 2009, Basudeb's debut solo

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''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

Filmscores

*'' The Waiting City'' (2009) - featured soloist

Concerts

* Dhaka International Folk Fest - 2017

References

External links

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