The guitars screamed, the drums hammered and the crowd sang along—not in English, but in Bangla. That night in September, we pushed through the throng at Dr. Jeckyll’s Beer Lab in Pantego, Texas, ...

For nearly three decades, Rupam Islam has commanded both the stage and the conversation – whether as the driving force behind Fossils or in his ‘ekok’ avatar. From a time when Bangla rock was ...