Friday got this year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival off to a memorable start. Coachella started strong this year, with a Friday featuring numerous much-anticipated performances — including festival debut sets by breakout artists,

From March 18 to 22, Thin Line Fest amplified its heartbeat to a deafening, beautiful roar. While the festival famously balances music, film and photography, the live music stages may have truly stolen the spotlight this year. Fans showed up hungry for ...

The band Metrecal won Best Band for “Gonotontrer Ghuri”, with Setu Chowdhury awarded Best Sound Engineer for the same project. Imran Mahmudul and Sinthi Saha won Best Duet for “Prem Bujhi”, while Beauty was named Best Folk Artiste.

The three cultural movements below all informed certain music moments, whether the artists of the day knew it or not.