James, a living legend of Bangladeshi rock music, will perform today evening at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan along with his band Nagar Baul.
Followed by millions of fans, James is the pioneer of psychedelic rock in Bangladesh and possesses musical diversity that includes various genres of rock and blues music. His songs deal with society, nature, love, rage, discontent, frustration and happiness. He is also affectionately called “Guru” by his innumerable fans.
James and his band Nagar Baul have extensively toured across the world including in North America and Europe for performances. He has also released musical albums such as Tufan, Kaal Jomuna, Station Road, Jail Theke Bolchhi, Nagar Baul, Lais Fita Lais, Dushtu Chheler Dol, Palabe Kothai, Dukkhini Dukkho Korona, Thik Achhe Bondhu, Ami Tomader E Lok, Jonota Express and few more.
James has also made his mark in Bollywood with the song Bheegi Bheegi inspired from the song Prithibi by Moheener Ghoraguli in the movie Gangster released in 2005. The song was a raging hit and remained at the top of Bollywood Hit List for more than a month. He then sang few more Hindi songs for Bollywood such as Chal Chalein, Rishtey, Alvida and Bebasi.
At present Nagar Baul performs with the line-up of Sabbir on bass guitar, Rana on lead guitar, Khayam on keyboard, Zimi on drums and James on lead guitar and vocal.
