Pursuing music can be a difficult choice given the prevalence of familial and societal expectations. Therefore, mastering different skill sets is almost always an instrumental part of a musician’s life.  

Despite the obvious positives of listening to music when studying, one must be cautious to ensure that the music doesn’t hinder studying.

“It’s a type of Brazilian music, this elevator is playing The Girl From Ipanema.”

A question that comes to mind is why does a book even need a playlist? There are two solid answers.

Eurydice, his beloved,  lost to the shades, In the underworld's depths,  where darkness pervades.

This week, then, we're thinking: music and books, music and literature. In print and online, we're dreaming in tunes, dancing with words, daring to merge the two.

Once on a particularly smothering hot day, on a CNG ride to work, I was stuck in the most heinous traffic for over two hours. Over the yelling drivers, honking cars, and incessant cursing over why the CNGs were trying to overtake the expensive cars, I was listening to my usual cycle of songs. As coincidence would have it, David Gilmour in his seraphic voice posed the question: “So, so you think you can tell/ Heaven from hell?”

My mother’s house is beside a lake that separates the rich and mighty of the city from a little isle of people who work for them.

I cannot, for the life of me, definitively describe what makes music. Growing up in a family where music of any form was not typically paid any reverence, my exposure to it was tunnelled into mainstream pop songs for the longest time.

As someone who is interested in Muslim novels—by which I mean novels written by Muslims about Muslims—I always feel a scholarly tug towards Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album (Scribner, 1995) when speaking of the at times uneasy but mostly comfortable marriage between music and literature.

For those eager to follow in their idols’ footsteps and make their breakthrough in the music scene, here’s a step-by-step guide.

Zakiya Sultana Kornia has been in the Bangladeshi music scene for around 12 years now. Her journey began with the singing competition, titled “Power Voice”. She then became professionally busy with stage shows, music programmes on television and playback singing. She has also released a new song this month.

A step-by-step guide to help you make your personalised study playlist.

Here are some of the albums that you should listen to for processing the most bittersweet and complex of emotions – bidding goodbye.

The emergence of digital musical platforms have breathed new life into these invaluable musical treasures.

Your mindset might just have shifted to consuming songs as a chore, not a fun hobby.

Managing sales and picking out the right venue is crucial if Dhaka is headed down the road of indoor concerts.

I don't remember at what point in life I learned to recognize the fallacy behind the not-like-other-girls phenomenon and discarded it for an all-encompassing love for female friendship and solidarity, in acceptance of femininity in all its forms. But I do know that Taylor Swift played a significant role in it.

All in all, music is pretty significant in my life nonetheless.

This month marks 10 years of the legendary album.