American actress, musician, and model Taylor Momsen, best known for portraying the character of Jenny Humphrey on the television series “Gossip Girl”, was signed up as a model with Ford Models at the age of two, began acting professionally at three years of age in a 1997 national commercial for Shake 'n Bake, and broke out as an actress in 2000 at age seven with “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” – the most successful holiday movie of all time, and also recorded her first song “Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?” for the movie. Momsen currently fronts rock band The Pretty Reckless.

Marking International Women's Day, popular music streaming site Spotify has compiled a list of the most-streamed female artists on the music site.

Popular singer Mehreen is releasing a new song on the social media, on the occasion of International Women's Day. The video of the song – written, composed and arranged by noted guitarist Ayub Bacchu, was made by Monju Ahmed.

Armeen Musa was a somewhat familiar name in the country's music arena, but she slipped off the radar a few years ago when she left to pursue her studies in music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). Her journey as a singer-songwriter comes through in her latest album “Simultaneously” – that was released in Dhaka last month.

For most musicians, winning a Grammy is the ultimate in career recognition. Unless, of course, you happen to be rapper Iggy Azalea, who wanted no part of the Best Rap Album award she was up for in February.

A 20-member team of Government Music College, Agargaon went to Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, India yesterday to perform there in Dol Utshab (Holi Festival).

To cheer the Bangladesh cricket team along for the ICC World Cup, singer Moidul Islam Khan Shuvo has released a new song called “Ora Aschhe”. Shuvo says the song, sung by him along with Baul Shafi Mondal, Tumpa, Chandana Majumdar and Adnan, is a tribute to our cricket heroes.

It's a bittersweet time for Iron Maiden. About a week ago, news broke out that vocalist Bruce Dickinson is currently battling cancer. However, a new update from drummer Nicko McBrain says the legendary heavy metal act has completed their 16th studio album.

US fingerstyle guitarist Andy McKee played his first guitar, an Aria nylon string bought by his father, at age 13. Initially underwhelmed by his guitar lessons, McKee began teaching himself how to play.

Three weeks after Kanye West blasted the Grammys and album of the year winner Beck, the rapper has taken to social media to apologize.

Tawsif Mahbub was going to engineering classes by day and playing bass with his band by evening, before he decided to do one tele-film that turned his life inside out.

The Brit Awards, the annual flagship UK music awards show, brought out stars and industry folks alike in the British capital Wednesday night.

Pop sensation Lady Gaga's white gown at The Oscars took 1600 hours to make. The Applause hitmaker stood out on the red carpet at The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles in her white crystal-embellished gown, which she'd accessorised with red gloves. Lady Gaga took to her Instagram account on Sunday evening to share with her fans how long the stunning dress took to make.

Taylor Swift can play guitar, banjo, piano, ukulele and electric guitar. She is also a talented painter. A computer repairman taught her how to play three chords on the guitar when Swift was only 12. This later inspired her to writer her first song "Lucky You”. In 2009 Swift made country music history by selling more digital downloads than any other country artiste ever. She sold over 20 million hits worldwide. Swift also wrote a 350-page novel at the age of 12. She is also keen to write an autobiography because she is the only one who knows her crazy activities.

Michael Jackson, the king of pop, is in the Guinness Book of Records for giving more to charity than any other person.

Leonard Cohen was nearing 70 when his daughter suggested that his longtime friend and business manager might not be acting in good faith.

Dave Grohl has been tapped as ambassador for 2015 Record Store Day (RSD). In his first assignment ahead of this year's April 18 RSD, the Foo Fighters frontman presented a persuasive argument for supporting record stores and the vinyl format.

Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) organised a musical evening by Mehreen at its GUlshan premises on February 14 evening. Mehreen performed her popular tracks at the event, entertaining the audience.

With the advent of spring for the Bangla year 1421, the Department of Folk Music of Chhayanaut Sangeet Bidyayatan arranged their annual folk music event on February 13.

Band Chitkar released their eponymous maiden album on February 10, through a concert at the Swoparjito Swadhinota Chattar, TSC.