An Evening with Folk Songs -- Satyananda Das and Hiroko
Satyananda Das, one of the best contemporary baul singers, took us through various folk songs of Bengal on the holi night of 2006. He was accompanied by Hiroko from Japan. She is in India for last couple of years and I tell you, she speaks bengali better than me!


 Here are a couple of his songs.

  • Ami thakbo soday
    URL: http://www.iopb.res.in/~mukherji/jhap/SATYA/satya1.mp3
    The lyrics of the song in pdf format is here

  • Babla patar kosh legeche
    URL: http://www.iopb.res.in/~mukherji/jhap/SATYA/satya2.mp3
    The lyrics of the song in pdf format is here
    • In case you want the cd containing 10 songs, let me know. The money comes from this cd goes to the singer.

    Some earlier recordings of his songs can be found at Somen Bhttacharjee's site.

    Watch Satyananda Das on YouTube (on a quiet morning in our guesthouse):
    This was recorded by Biswarup Satpati
    The lyrics of this Lalon song in pdf format is here


    or watch him singing and dancing, also on YouTube:
    Thanks to Sarama, Biju, Jay, Satyam (for pictures), Tanay (I will not tell you for what!) and, in particular, to Somen Bhattacharjee.

    Sudipta Mukherji
    mukherji@iopb.res.in
    Last modified: 25 June, 2007