Nondon Bagchi

The Bengali film industry won big at the 61st National Film Awards, announced on 16th April, 2014, around 4 pm.

All the rock lovers in the city gathered at i-Bar for an awesome live gig last Saturday.

The music lovers in the city got a good dose of country music and rock as band Lim & The Hellhounds played at The Basement, Hotel Samilton, recently.

A lazy Sunday brunch at a five-star property in the city was transformed into an ethereal experience when Nondon Bagchi and Carlton Kitto Jazz Ensemble, featuring Ishita Chakravarty

Amra kotota Bangali?’ was what the city’s Who’s Who asked at a cultural gathering organised by The Times of India, which took place on a grand jetty on Hooghly, Tuesday evening.

Boy band from Simla played at Someplace Else

It was an evening dedicated to Bob Dylan as band Hip Pocket performed popular Dylan songs to celebrate his birthday at Someplace Else, The Park.

City food lovers turned up in hordes for a quick session on food.

It was a rocking run-up to Christmas Eve at Someplace Else, The Park, with Saturday Night Blues dispelling the chill inside the watering hole.

When Lim & hellhounds the decided to attack Someplace Else, The Park, it was some sonic mayhem!

Girls loved his inimitable style. Guys imitated his sideburns! Even to this day, many a pelvis moves to Elvis’s rhythm.

It was double delight for revellers who recently flocked to Tantra, The Park, to hear Hip Pocket play.

Carlton Kitto Ensemble rocked the house at Someplace Else with their groovy music recently.

Think Pink at Roxy, The Park, saw men and women turning up in shades of pink. The reason: October’s thought to be the Breast Cancer Awareness month

It was a ‘special tribute’s night’ at Someplace Else, The Park, on a recent Friday.

Music and Someplace Else, The Park, are synonymous in this city that loves its nightouts

Noel Martin is the seniormost musician at Park Street

On Christmas, Park Street is set to get its own dedicated music video that has been produced by the Society for Park Street Rejuvenation, Kolkata.

Kolkata now has new place to hang out. The cocktail bar, called Nirvana — The Lounge Bar

When Neel Dutt presented Yasgur’s Farm Revisited that celebrated songwriters of the 60s and 70s at The Basement, Hotel Samilton, there were many takers.

One of Kolkata’s popular pubs celebrated its 13th anniversary on Saturday.

One of Kolkata's popular pubs celebrated its 13th anniversary on Saturday.

Park Street had always been the mecca of live music in India. Though groups like High are history and Louis Banks has fled to Mumbai, there is a slow revival of live music taking place in Kolkata. The Sunday Times reports that the resurgence is fuelled by pubs and music stores

A bunch of young Bob Dylan fans from Kolkata has filmed a documentary on Bob Dylan, titled 'If Not for You'. The makers have interviewed notable musicians, including Purna Das Baul, UshaUthup, Anjan Dutt, Miti Adhikari and Nondon Bagchi, who have worked with Dylan’s songs before.

The album launch of Rahul Guha Roy at a city club recently saw Kolkata's musical fraternity turn out in full force.

This weekend Saturday Club was rocking as members thronged the Phoenix Bar for ‘The Hero Honda Night’. Among the high voltage crowd were model Babla with Bharat Chaudhury, former Miss India Samita Singhi, Viraj Rai, designer Rohit Bal’s sister Meera, evergreen couple Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Khettry, Raman & Kiran Bahri, etc.

Each year in May, rock musicians come together in Shillong to celebrate Dylan's birthday.

Did Olypub miss the writing on the wall? Maybe, but long before the hugely popular watering hole caught fire, the incident was scripted for a film by two youngsters from the city.

Duke Orsino would have been proud of this one - a haven of music, food and love. Some rue that Park Street is dead, to others, it's alive and kicking. But some good things are forever.