By Amina Baig It’s easy to look at rockstars on television and think: “Oh that’s easy!” having a job that requires you to sing and play instruments, look good in videos, make public appearances and sign corporate contracts looks like the most glam job in the world. But it is a grueling job too; apart […]
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By Madeeha Syed Just when you thought it was all over, the music industry is abuzz with plans of album launches, collaborations, soundtracks, creative projects, the potential for solo projects by the likes of Rohail Hyatt and Co. In 2010, the music industry is slated to make a comeback with a vengeance Rahat Fateh Ali […]
By Sara Khalid Note: This review focuses primarily on performances and how they looked over television. It doesn’t cover the the venue mishaps and other events. The show started with an Aag Alive lounge. The lounge started off with the Aagmentary which basically took a look at the history of Pakistani pop music from Ahmed […]
By Sadaf Fayyaz 1. Aasmaan (Hadiqa Kiani) After almost six years, Hadiqa returns to the spotlight with Aasmaan. The album comprises songs in Pashtu, Punjabi, Persian and Urdu. Her multilingual singing is merged with her pop style and music genre. Some of the grooviest numbers from the album are “Sohniya”, ”Janan”, “Tuk Tuk” and “Az […]
As we reported earlier, Fire has some massive plans for 2010 which include a total of 60 releases, 19 of which are to come out in first four months. Fire has finally released the list of those 19 artists who are already in the release process. The videos have been shot already and will be […]
A couple of months ago, I wrote a column in praise of certain Pakistani pop stars and bands, arguing that there are a fair number of songs that display political consciousness and a related sense of responsibility. I referred to such songs as Junoon’s ‘Talaash’, Shahzad Roy’s ‘Lagay Raho’ and ‘Kismet Apnay Haath Main’, Noori’s […]
Shanaakht Festival concludes with a fiery concert featuring Noori, Laal, ADP, Fuzon and Taal Karisma Abid Hussain Karachi As deafening noise emanated from the auditorium at the end of ‘Raag and Roll Concert’, the concluding event of Shanaakht Festival truly brought the house down with some fabulous music played to the full house, which thoroughly […]
About the Concert: (Lahore, 12th October 2009) The prestigious Lahore College of Arts and Sciences [LACAS] celebrated their twenty-two year old educational heritage by honouring their first ever employee, the late Azeem Khan with an evening of LAAL in concert at the historic Al-Hamra Cultural Complex, Open Air Theatre.
