The subject line of this email is (as always) the title of the song but also an optimistic announcement of a return to some regularity of publishing on Hamnawa.
Friend of the show
Natasha Noorani shares an obscure Sajjad Ali gem. The alaap, the singular line of English which makes just enough sense to be intriguing, the tabla, the synth – what’s not to love.1
Now wife of the show
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If 90s Pakistani musicians singing in English is of interest I also recommend Junoon’s Lady Magic.