Rangan Momen, a London based Bengali, runs Sadhu Guru Boishnob Recordings, a label dedicated to producing high quality field recordings of Baul-Fakir songs and music, mainly from the Nadia region of Bengal. All the recordings are done in a village in the Bangladesh side of Nadia and recorded by people within the Baul-Fakir community. Sadhu Guru Boishnob Recordings has produced a beautifully crafted CD of gostho-lila songs sung by women and men from the Lalon Sai linage of Baul-Fakir, though the…
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