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I am attracted to this new Abdullah Siddiqui recording for many reasons: its effortless smoothness, the beat, the obvious freshness. I want to talk…
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Farooq Qaiser passed away on May 14 – a loss of immense proportion. 
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A lot of the narratives on Hamnawa are about how art forms change to represent different identities. This reflects most prominently, for the purposes of…
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Which Pakistani musicians you should pay attention to in 2021
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This song from a particular high point of Faakhir’s solo career is such a cacophony of musical styles that it really shouldn’t work. But it does. The…
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In writing about Bhangra Rap, I talked about how ‘foreign’ and ‘native’ art forms are put together in Pakistani pop. More often than not, it is the…
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I’ve written briefly about Sandaraa before, but for those unfamiliar with them here is how the band describe themselves: Sandaraa is a new band from…
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For many months I’ve been sitting on drafts of a piece about many seasons of Coke Studio leading up to Rohail’s return, Pepsi Battle of the Bands, and…
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If one were to introduce college students to Pakistani pop, this song would have to make the cut as required listening. I say this despite the fact that…
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I have a history of writing long essays around Coke Studio. Often I start these as ‘reviews’, but then it takes me so long to write them that eventually…
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After moving back to Seattle I spent a little bit of time listening to Pearl Jam, and soon enough got into Eddie Vedder & Nusrat’s collaboration for the…
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Zain Zohaib, the young qawwali duo, are a striking example of a digital-native presentation of a traditional South Asian art form. It is heartening to…
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