Eminent Bangladeshi band Joler Gaan will be performing today at 6:30 pm at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), Gulshan.
Joler Gaan is a band which derives inspiration from the hundreds of rivers which flow through Bangladesh and constitute its lifeblood. The band believes that their spiritual and emotional awareness originated from water and hence, they are Joler Gaan meaning music of the water. The band is composed of theatre activists and visual artists.
Joler Gaan’s songs are based on what the band describes as human stories of love, despair, courage, nature and other ideas and emotions which people can identify with and relate to. They claim to use simple, yet profound language in an attempt to touch the heart and imagination. This includes the usage of a lot of metaphors which depict various colours and shades of human emotions. Their music is very much contemporary, yet distinctive. More importantly, it is earthy and connected to the soil.
Joler Gaan began its musical journey in 2006 at the World Sufi Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. They subsequently performed at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland and at the London Mela in London. The band has performed all around Bangladesh in cities such as Dhaka, Sylhet, Chittagong and Khulna, and at important venues such as the Russian Cultural Center, Dhaka; Goethe Institute, Dhaka; Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Jahangirnagar University and Chhayanaut, among others. Joler Gaan has also collaborated with well-known French musician Abaji and the Scottish musician Colin Blakey. They have also performed in various local TV channels and Radio live shows.
Joler Gaan released their first album entitled Otol Joler Gaan during Pohela Boishakh in April, 2013. Their second album titled The Cage is going to be released soon.
