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.

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."

Dibakar Das Baul

Call: 9800120227

Dibakar Das resides in Prantik, located in Birbhum district of West Bengal. He is a veteran Baul musician from that region. He has performed extensively within West Bengal. He has also performed nationally and internationally. His performances have been broadcasted in weekend shows by Doordarshan and other television channels. He has also performed a playback song for the movie, Post Office. As the husband of an eminent Baulani from the region Rina Das, he has been instrumental in providing musical training to her. Apart from West Bengal, Dibakar Das has performed in Assam (Guwahati and Kamakhya) Delhi, Mumbai and Odisha (Sambalpur). Outside India, he has performed at WOMEX 2022 held in Portugal and also in France (Paris, Brittany), Switzerland and Spain. He has been featured 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."

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.

Rabi Das Baul

Call: 8016220011

Born as Rabi Mondal in Bhubandaga of Birbhum district in 1978, this highly talented young singer also plays the Dotara (a traditional string instrument), Khamak (a traditional percussive string instrument) and Dubki (a traditional rhythm instrument). He was trained by Basudeb Das Baul in his formative years. Rabi has performed across India, including his home state West Bengal, New Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati and Agartala, and also abroad — in Scotland, the Ethno Krakow Crossroad World Music Festival in Poland in 2017, Washington, USA.

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.

Lalu Fakir (Lal Mohammed Seikh)

Call: 9732698694

Born in 1956 in Murshidabad district, Lalu belongs to a family with a musical tradition. He was inspired by his grandfather to become a musician. Lalu debuted as an artist in 1971. Over the years, he was groomed by veteran musicians like Safkat Mondal, Meher Shah, Soleman Biswas and Late Lokman Fakir. Apart from being a vocalist, Lalu plays music instruments like the Dotara, Ektara, Dugi and Harmonium. He has performed across West Bengal and also in Delhi, Mumbai, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Assam, Manipur and Tripura. He has also performed in Bangladesh.

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.

Akkas Fakir

Call: 9647190561

Akkas Fakir, a young and enterprising Baul musician, is known for his baritone voice. He was introduced to Baul-Fakiri and Bangla Qawwali by his cousin Arman Fakir. Akkas is a key member of Arman Fakir’s Bangla Qawwali team and has performed in India and abroad. With time Akkas became the icon of young Baul music lovers for his energetic performance and magical stage appearance. Akkas has rendered his voice in albums like ‘Lokjan, Bijoyer Gaan’, ‘Nadia’, ‘Bhavnagar’ and ‘Gorbhangar Gaan’.

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

Sashti Das Baul

Call: 9734044132

Sashti Das Baul was born and brought up in Codechandpur city formerly in East Pakistan, now in Bangladesh. His first tryst with baul music began with his father Esware Srikrishna Biswas from childhood. He has also learnt music from other stalwarts like Ajmatt Shah Fakir, Mahindra Gyan, Jhorukul, Patal Kana, Subal Master etc. Famous for the innumerable baul-fakiri songs that he has sung, he has also performed many solo programmes in India and abroad like Goa, Tripura, Jodhpur, Delhi, Bangladesh & UK.

Subhadra Sharma

Call: 9932205548

Subhadra Sharma is one of the most famous female Baul singers (Baulani) from Chapra, Nadia. She has sung for the album named 'Baulanir Gaan'. Apart from performing across most of the metro cities in India, Subhadra has led the Baul Fakiri team at the Damascus Festival of Spiritual & Religious Music, Syria in 2012 and Namaste India Festival in Japan in 2011. She also participated in Gannat Festival, France in 2015.

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

Girish Khyapa

Call: 9434360653

Girish Mandal also known as Girish Khyapa, is an eminent Baul singer from Bardhaman district in West Bengal. He also plays various traditional instruments, including Dotara and Ektara. He has performed and conducted workshops across India. Girish performed at the International De Folklore De Noyon Festival in France and Transform-Trondheim World Music Festival in Norway in 2017. He also participated in a cultural exchange program with Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in the United States and visited Washington D.C. as part of the initiative in 2018. There he attended the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2018 and performed at the Library of Congress and Freer Sackler Gallery.

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.