Ayub Bachchu’s 20 songs released on his birthday

Twenty of Ayub Bachchu’s most beloved songs were released in new musical arrangements, performed by eight Bangladeshi bands and 12 artistes as part of a tribute project titled ‘Uttoradhikar’.

The double-CD album was released on August 16, coinciding with the legendary musician’s birth anniversary. The songs are also be available on digital platforms.

Proceeds from the project will be used to establish the Ayub Bachchu Guitar Museum, a long-standing dream of the late musician’s family and the Ayub Bachchu Foundation.

Details of the project was announced at a press conference held at The Daily Star office yesterday.

Ferdous Akhtar Chondona, Ayub Bachchu’s wife and chairperson of the Ayub Bachchu Foundation, spoke at the event. Bachchu’s family and the Ayub Bachchu Foundation are planning to establish a museum featuring around 50 of his guitars, including his cherished Fender Stratocaster and Ibanez JEM 77.

The guitars are currently preserved at his home in Moghbazar, with his wife Chondona carefully looking after the memorabilia. All the songs have been mastered by Iqbal Asif Jewel.

Dalchhut has performed ‘Rupali Guitar’, Arbovirus ‘Neel Bedona’, Shonar Bangla Circus ‘Gotokal Rate’, Shuvojatra ‘Cholo Bodley Jai’, Calypso ‘Chand Mama’, RockSalt ‘Ochena Jibon’, Dopamine ‘Madhobi’, and AK Rahul ‘Mon Chaile Mon’.

Among solo artistes, Babna Karim and Russell Ali have performed ‘Hashte Dekho’, Romel Ali ‘Ekhon Onek Raat’, Chandan Zaman Ali ‘Meye’, Kaniz Subarna and Sazzad ‘Koshto Pete Bhalobashi’, Palash ‘Apon Keho Nai’, Joy Shahriar ‘Koshto Kake Bole’, Adit ‘Ghumonto Shohore’, Bakhtiar Hossain ‘Rater Tara’, Atika Yamin ‘Ferari Mon’, Autumnal Moon ‘Hawker’, Kanak Acharya ‘Nirobe’, and Towfique Ahmed ‘Bangladesh’.