Baul and Fakiri

Mohan Tati — Flute (accompanist)

Call: 9732318386

Mohan Tati, a renowned flutist, resides in the Bankura district of West Bengal. He learnt the finer nuances of playing flute by listening to the radio and honing his inborn skill as a flutist. Mohan performs with the Baul Fakiri and Jhumur genre of folk music regularly and has travelled accross the world including Denmark, UK, Germany and Japan and many other countries. Mohan also led folk orchestra group of Bengal to international festival on ICH in China. He has performed with leading world musicians including Sabina Rakachyeva of London.

Milan Ghosh

Call: 9547828857

Since his early childhood days, Milan has been singing different genres of Baul songs. He has learnt under the guidance of his father Purna Chandra Ghosh. He sings baul songs and play Ektara and Dugi. He has performed in Bankura, Birbhum, Purba and Paschim Medinipur and in Jharkhand.

Purna Chandra Ghosh

Call: 7407696447

Purna Chandra is a veteran baul singer from Purushattambati in Bankura district. He has learnt baul songs from late Narahari Das Baul who was his guru. He has performed in Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Goa and in Bangladesh.

Chandan Ray

Call: 8348976556

Chandan has been associated with folk music since he was a child. He has learnt under the tutelage of Nimai Ray and later under the guidance of Bhajan Das Bairagya, an eminent Baul artist.He also plays the folk instrument, Dotara. He has showcased his talent all over West Bengal, Assam, Delhi and Hazaribagh and collaborated with Santiago Cordoba of Argentina.

Lakhin Bagdi

Call: 8768191827

Lakhin has been singing for the last sixteen years. He has learnt Baul music from Bhajan Das Bairagya . Lakhin's soulful voice has enchanted audiences from various places incluidng Bankura, Murshidabad, Santiniketan and Kolkata.

Rina Das

Call: 9232524600

Rina Das Baul is one of the most renowned female Baul singer from Santiniketan. Belonging from a Baul family, Rina learned Baul music from her grandfather when she was a child. In October 2022, Rina and her team Rangamatir Baul performed at WOMEX, the highest World Music platform, held at Lisbon in Portugal. She has also performed across India and abroad including Brittany festival in France, Urkult Festival in Sweden, Respect Festival Czech Republic. She collaborated with international artists like Casey Drissen from USA, Thommy Wahlstorm & Robert Wahlstorm of Sweden, and Otava Yo led by Alexey Belkin. Rina is now actively involved in transmitting their folk music heritage to the local children. Her work has been featured in the Songlines Magazine and in a blog by the curator of Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Betty Belanus on how Oral Traditions Shift to Digital: Bauls of West Bengal Face the Pandemic.

Tapan Kumar Das (Sadhu)

Call: 9732892009

Sadhu Das Baul, in his late twenties, is a young and enterprising Baul singer from Joydev near Santiniketan in Birbhum district. Sadhu started singing and playing musical instruments at the age of 10. His inspiration and guide was his father Lt Tarak Khyapa. Sadhu is a promising Baul singer who is also proficient in playing Dotara, Khamak, Ektara and Dugi. He has performed in many cities across India, including Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Silchar and Tatanagar. He performed at the Sur Jahan World Peace Music Festival in Kolkata and Goa and also in Urkult Festival, Sweden and Fagun Utsav, London.

Tanmay Kumar Das (Kangal)

Call: 7602218536

Kangal Khyapa, born in Joydev near Santiniketan in Birbhum district, is probably one of the finest Dotara players of India. Kangal started playing musical instruments at the age of seven. His inspiration and guide was his father, eminent Baul singer Lt.Tarak Khyapa. Kangal is also a Baul singer having high competence in playing other folk instruments, such as Khamak, Ektara, Dugi, Tabla, Khol, etc. He has performed in many places across India, including Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune,Assam, Tatanagar and Siliguri. He performed at the Sur Jahan World Peace Music Festival in Kolkata and Goa and also in different music festivals in Sweden Hungary and London.

Manik Das Baul

Call: 9126109241

Manik Das Baul is a renowned young Baul practitioner hailing from Santiniketan in Birbhum district. Inspired from his father Kartick Das Baul, Manik had a fascination towards Khamak (one of the primary instrument of Baul music) from his childhood. It is the tunes of Khamak that brought him on the path of Baul music. For the last 23 years, he has been associated with Baul music and got influenced by Shri Radheshyam Baul. At present, Manik is closely associated with Rabi Das Baul and their duo perform regularly across India and also runs their akhra at Diganta Pally in Santiniketan."

Purnendu Das Baul

Call: 9332524600

Purnendu Das, a resident of Paruldanga village of Bolpur, Santiniketan is a young baul artist and son of renowned Baul artist Rina Das Baul and Dibakar Das Baul.Being brought up in a musical environment Purnendu learned music from his parents and with time, evolved as a master instrumentalist . He is proficient in playing Khamak, Dubki, Dotara and other baul instruments. Apart from playing instruments, he also sings. In 2022, Purnendu got the oportunity to perform at the largest platform of world music WOMEX at Portugal and in 2023 he has performed in Respect festival, Czech Republic."

Sumanata Das Baul

Call: 9933361307

Sumanta Das Baul, A young Baul from Shantiniketan, one of the best in his generation, sings with Dotara (traditional string instrument) and Khamak (traditional percussive string instrument). He has already been performed many places throughout India and he also performed at Colors of Ostrava one of the biggest world music festivals, and in Germany.

Nityapriya Mandal

Call: 9609031427

Nityapriya was born in 1995 and started learning music at the age of 10 from her father Iswar Birendranath Bala. Presently she is learning from her husband Sujay Mondal. Nityapriya has collaborated with Oriental Mood Trio from Denmark. She had performed throughout West Bengal and also in Assam.

Bama Prasad Singha

Call: 9732008599

Bama Prasad is a leading young Baul artist from Batikar village of Birbhum district of West Bengal. Bama has spent time with the traditional masters of Baul music from his childhood and later got trained in Baul music and traditional musical instruments from Late Tarak Khyapa. Bama has a melodious voice and is a master in playing folk instruments like Khamak and Dubki. Bama regularly performs at festivals across India including Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Assam, Gujarat and has also performed in WOMEX 2022, Bhutan and Indonasia.

Khokan Das - Dhol (accompanist)

Call: 9734859765

Khokon is the eighth generation of a Dhak and Dhol plyer's family, groomed in playing the Dhol, the traditional Indian drum, at a very young age by his father and grandfather. He was later groomed by veteran Dhol player Sidam Das and Pt Tanmoy Bose. Khokon has performed across West Bengal and also in Sacred Spirit Festival, Rajasthan, other fairs and festivals in Delhi, Mumbai, Goa and Assam. He has also performed in international festivals including WOMEX 2022 in Portugal, Urkult festival Sweden, Colours of Ostrava in Czech Republic and Bangladesh.

Gobinda Das Bairagya

Call: 9332282217

Gobinda Das Bairagya learnt the finer details of Baul music as a young child at the feet of his father, Shyam Sundar Das, himself an accomplished performer. Hailing from a family of traditional Bauls, young Gobinda went on to become a disciple of Gobinda Das Goswami and practised Baul philosophy and lifestyle under his tutelage. He has performed in several festivals in rural West Bengal, Kolkata as well as in Bhutan, Maharashtra (Mumbai) and Andaman. He is a much-loved regular at Joydeb Mela and Poush Mela of Birbhum. He had also performed in France

Arman Fakir

Call: 9733956858

Arman Fakir was initiated into Marfati music by his Guru Gani Pagol of Bangladesh through Kadria Tarika, a form of Fakiri music introduced by Abdul Kader Jilani. However, Armaan’s first Guru was his father Shamsuddin Khan, better known as Shamu Pagal. Armaan has specialized in Bangla Qawwali since 1995 and also has been rendering songs of Lalon Fakir from childhood. He has a vast repertoire of songs composed by various lyricists. Armaan has immense contribution behind ‘Sahaj Geeti’ — a compendium of 1200 Baul-Fakiri songs. He is also well-known for his philosophical verses. A renowned Guru of Fakiri music, Armaan trains young artists at his ashram in Nadia’s Gorbhanga. He also trained the actors of the Bengali feature film ‘Moner Manush’, based on the life of Lalon Fakir and directed by Gautam Ghosh. Arman leads a Bangla Qawwali team that has performed in different cities of India and abroad. His songs are part of the albums ‘Gorbhangar Gaan’, ‘Lokjan’, ‘Nadia’, 'Bangla Qawwali' and ‘Compilation of Baul songs'. For more details, click on the link mentioned below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCCqa6AqQ98

Amanat Fakir

Call: 9732960379

Amanat Fakir specializes in Baul and Fakiri music. Born into a family of traditional singers, he grew up learning Muslim wedding songs from his mother and the Panchali – a form of musical storytelling, from his father. As a child, he would sing Alkap in a music group led by his elder brother. At 22, he became a disciple of the famous Mehbub Fakir who broadened his horizons considerably and went on to learn from brilliant performers like Jahiruddin and Khodabaksh whose tutelage turned him into a name to be reckoned within the world of folk music. His performance received appreciation from all over West Bengal and also from Assam and Delhi.

Arjun Khyapa

Call: 9732799811

Arjun Khyapa of Goas, Nadia has been performing since the mid-1990s and is known for his melodious baritone voice. He has performed across India and mesmerized audiences in London (London Ananda Utsav 2010) and other cities in Europe. His solo album ‘Arjuner Gaan’ is a very popular one. His songs also feature in many other music albums, including ‘Lokjaan’, ‘Nadia’, and ‘Compilation of Baul songs'.

Barun Das Baul

Call: 9734223521

Barun Das Baul, resident of Phulbari village of Asansol has been performing Baul and folk forms for the past 15 years. Exceptionally proficient in the Mahajani Padas, composed by the likes of Bhaba Pagla and Lalan Fakir, his interest in the lifestyle and the music of Bauls began after a visit to the Joydeb and Poush Mela of Birbhum district as a child. He was initiated into Baul by Biswarup Goswami and studied under the talented Kartik Das Baul of Labhpur, Birbhum. Barun has published an album from Studio J M D Sounds and regularly performs at concerts across West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam and in Nepal.

Bhajan Das Bairagya

Call: 9733907558

Bhajan Das Bairagya is a veteran Baul singer and guru who has mastered the philosophy of the Bauls (i.e. to search the divine within oneself). His exceptional energy while singing makes him a prominent performer too. He is deft with instruments like harmonium, ektara, dugi and khamak and has performed across India and in the Czech Republic and Japan. For more details, click on the link mentioned below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzdKg5x4W4Q

Swapan Adhikari

Call: 8918275091

Swapan is a well-known Baul artist of West Bengal. Along with a vast repertoire of Baul music, Swapan masters in playing various traditional musical instruments like Khamak (percussive string), Dubki (hand drum), Dotara (string) etc. He started his musical journey at a very young age and later he was initiated and trained by Baul guru Sadhan Das Bairagya. He has performed across India, France, Japan and Bangladesh. Swapan has recently collaborated with Taleb Khan Manganiyar and his group and presented the same at the Sacred Spirit Festival 2023, Rajasthan curated by Alain Weber."

Chandan Sil

Call: 8348976556

Chandan Sil, a resident of Guskara, Burdwan had started his musical journey at the age of 12 under the guidance of Mahananda Khyapa of Joydeb. Apart from singing Baul songs he can play the Dotara, Dugi and Ektara. Chandan Sil has performed in various places like Delhi, Nagpur, Mumbai, Goa, Rajasthan, Assam other than the districts of West Bengal. He has also performed at International Peace Music Festival-Sur Jahan 2019 held at Kolkata.