Hamnawa | Zeerak Ahmed | Substack

Hamnawa Select is a periodical collection of our favorite Pakistani music. The playlist for November has hip hop (obviously, do you even follow this channel), a delightful return of alt rock, a soft Balochi song and a couple of qawwalis. You can find

New Top What is Hamnawa?About

Salor is one of the new musicians to watch. An easy Punjabi vocal delivered over a Prabh-Deep-like sparse, but intriguing instrumental track. I love th…

Nov 29

It’s not really the age of guitar solos. But for this one, and the lead up to it, and the poem it undergirds – time can wait.

Nov 19

Atif’s latest solo song Ajnabi is a departure from his previous work. Ajnabi harks towards a newer style of pop rap from the likes of Hasan Raheem and …

Nov 15

Umer Ahmed’s new single Deewana is a delightful step in the development of Pakistani indie pop. There are classic throwback elements in this song – the…

Nov 7

Hamnawa Select is a periodical collection of our favorite Pakistani music. The playlist for October has the return of rock (😱), pop rap, some softer p…

Oct 31

Shamoon Ismail’s latest album, Scars & Screws, is a collection of mellow pop over guitar arpeggios. The album seems reflexively influenced by a hip hop…

Oct 29

Pakistan’s rap scene, particular Karachi’s, is a cadre of boys telling other young boys that they can break with societal expectations and find their o…

Oct 27

Core Hamnawa

About Hamnawa What this thing even is

Artists You Should be Listening To A directory of artists with new music across genres

Playlists

Taaza Maal Fresh Pakistani pop favorites

Featured Songs Songs featured on the Hamnawa mailing list

Best Longform Essays

کنگنا (and who integrates who when East and West meet)Coke Studio's best recording, and the relationship between Eastern and Western music theory

Code-switching Bilingualism in Pakistani pop

Non-Scientific Visual Guide to Big Corporate Music Shows How do you tell the difference between all the music shows?

Covers Covers as a hot-button topic in Pakistani music, and the strategic disruption heading Coke Studio's way

Strings A tribute to the band after they call an end to their 33-year career

Bisconni Music What role do music shows play in the Pakistani music industry?

فتور Contextualizing the rise of hip-hop in Pakistan

Googly More on why hip-hop is the sound of the moment

Billo On Bhangra and Abrar-ul-Haq

Xulfi On the impact of Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan on Pakistan's music industry

Ali Hamza A walk through the artist's career

E Sharp's new album How a young band navigates the Karachi rock scene

Pagal How Ali Noor constructs a rock song

Hamnawa

What is Hamnawa?Archive Authors My Account

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts