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Serenading soul, soil and gold

Joler Gaan performs at Shilpakala Academy

Zahangir Alom
To celebrate and serenade the six seasons of Bangladesh, multi-instrument folk-fusion band "Joler Gaan" offered their second installment of musical performance titled "Nobo Onner Ghran" at National Art Gallery auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on November 22. With the theme "Shada Megh'er Danaye", their first musical offering to autumn held at Chhayanaut auditorium in last September.
Members of the band, attired in sleeveless fatuas, took an idyllic stage adorned with straw-made aesthetic crafts. The band set off the musical flight with performing a traditional harvesttime song "Cholrey Shobai Choi Dhan Katite Choi". Fashioning theatrical styles, frontmen of the band Rahul Anand with his 'mondola1 and Kanak with 'nayantara' enthralled the houseful audience every now and then with their popular numbers, including "Bokul Phul"" JaoreTepantor", "Rong-er Gaan", "Urchi Keno" "Dur-eThaka Megh", "Phul-eTey Bhromora Chhilo", "Chum Parania Gaan", "Emon Jodi Hoto", "Kagojer Nouka" and "Pata'r Gaan".
Written by Sanjiban Shikdar and composed by Jaglul Alam, performance of the song "Andhar Raitey" seemingly took the audience into the realm of pathos. Rahul Anand, in a nostalgic mood, set forth the backdrop of the song. He also performed a new song "Tomar Jonno Akash Bhora Tara", written and composed by him.
The music of Joler Gaan can best express the odes to mother, motherland and the opulent folk culture of our country. The uses of simile, metaphor and allegory are more frequent in
their thought-provoking lyrics. Through their rendition of songs and instrumental performance along with initiating many skits and banters, the band members satirically uphold many contemporary issues to tease and toss the conscience. Rahul and percussionist Jamal also engage in banter and humor with the audience.
Later, Rahul - with a big-sized bamboo-made instrument - styled various pseudo sounds of Sundarban animals including the one produced by the Royal Bengal Tiger. Other instrumentalists accompanied him in fashioning birds' chirping and many more. The conscience for their performing the fusion piece
had a conspicuous connotation of protesting Government's move to set up Rampal Power Plant unleashing the potential threat to the largest mangrove forest Sundarban.
At one stage, Rahul's son Tota shared the stage playing percussion with Jamal. The little angel also led the rendition of a DL Roy Song "Dhono Dhanney Pushpey Bhora" that wrapped up the three-hour musical journey.
With the release of Joler Gaan's album earlier this year, people of varied music tastes have taken a liking to their style of simplistic yet deep-lyrical music, and innovative arrangements with a wide range of acoustic instruments.