Music
See also: Asian Underground and UK Asian Music Awards- Bilal Shahid – Singer and rapper.
- Boyan Uddin Chowdhury – Former lead guitarist of rock band The Zutons.
- Deedar Zaman – Rapper/MC, and former member of electronica band Asian Dub Foundation then known as Master D.
- Farook Shamsher – Alternative dub/dance music DJ and record producer. He received the Commitment to Scene award at the UK Asian Music Awards 2006.
- Gouri Choudhury – Singer and music teacher.
- Idris Rahman – Clarinettist, saxophonist and music producer. He has produced and mixed albums, including two Mercury Prize-nominated albums (Zoe Rahman’s second album “Melting Pot” and Basquiat Strings' debut album, “Basquiat Strings with Seb Rochford”) and two albums by vocalist Julia Biel.
- Jernade Miah – Singer, songwriter, signed to 2Point9 Records (Doh Point Nau). He won Best Newcomer at the UK Asian Music Awards 2011.
- Kamal Uddin – Nasheed singer, songwriter, Imam, and teacher. In September 2008, after winning the Islam Channel Nasheed Contest he performed at the Global Peace and Unity Event.
- Kishon Khan – Jazz composer, pianist arranger and music producer.
- Labbayk – Nasheed group consisting of three brothers, Masum, Ehsaan, and Imran.
- Lucy Rahman – Singer.
- Muhammad Mumith Ahmed (Mumzy Stranger) – R&B and hip-hop singer, songwriter. The first musician of Bangladeshi descent to release a music single, called One More Dance. Also won Best Urban Act at the UK Asian Music Awards 2011.
- Nazeel Azami – Nasheed singer-songwriter signed to Awakening Records. In 2003, he featured as a backing vocalist on Sami Yusuf’s first album Al-Mu`allim.
- Rowshanara Moni – Singer and actress.
- Saifullah 'Sam' Zaman – DJ and producer associated with the Asian Underground movement, recording as State of Bengal.
- Shahin Badar – Singer and songwriter best known for vocals on The Prodigy’s single Smack My Bitch Up, which earned her a Double Platinum award.
- Sohini Alam – Singer for bands Lokkhi Terra and Khiyo.
- Suzana Ansar – Singer, actress, and television presenter based in the UK and Bangladesh. She released her debut band album Suzana Ansar with Khansar in 2009.
- Zoe Rahman – Jazz composer, and pianist. She won the Perrier Young Jazz Musician of the Year Award 1999.
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—Van Morrison (b. 1945)
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