Tag: Music

Every few weeks one reads that Pakistan and India have granted visas to religious pilgrims or built a special corridor ...

If I were to sit down and make a list of ten people who have impressed and influenced me most ...

For quite some time, I’ve been deeply concerned about what I’d been reading about Pakistan, which described a country very ...

On a lazy Sunday afternoon, as we walked along the busy Ginza street in Tokyo, I suddenly stopped in my ...

The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen! Lata Mangeshkar, one of the world’s biggest cultural icons and a singer ...

One is unable to decide or determine between the seductive and the spiritual while in front of Nazia Ejaz’s surfaces. ...

Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab has been nominated for two Grammys, Best Global Performance and Best New Artist, for the upcoming ...

A notification purportedly issued by the Punjab Provincial Transport Authority is circulating on social media, which prohibits transport vehicles from ...

Haroon Shuaib talks to the legendary artist about her own musical tastes

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on the two communities trying to keep a rich musical tradition alive

Gillespie’s ‘Rio Pakistan’ was inspired by a Karachi trip, while Ellington’s ‘The Far East Suite’ has traces of the Subcontinent. ...

Shueyb Gandapur pays tribute to Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019)

Shueyb Gandapur on how lyrics reflect the sufferings of a war-torn region

Mohsin Ali Syed explains what was unique about the great Qawwal

Hidayat Khan meets artists who are part of a music industry in crisis

Hanniah Tariq speaks to Jamal Rahman about the changing landscape of music in Pakistan, his influences and hopes for the ...

Muhammad Ali brings together voices from the entertainment industry on what the giant of Pakistani pop meant to them

Ushah Kazi on how the young man from the South rapped his way into stardom and is now breaking new ...

Noor Jehan Mecklai is enthralled by Saffia Beyg's magnificent new publication on the Subcontinent's classical music tradition

Special report for the TFT Features Desk

In the qawwali world, the Saami brothers are as blue-blooded as one can get...

The iconic band Noori, who just came out with their new album, recently performed for three nights in Lahore, Islamabad ...

Wasim Akhtar was underwhelmed by Coke Studio's fifth and sixth episodes

Jaazib Mirza trains a critical eye on the third episode of Coke Studio

Jaazib Mirza reviews the first episode of the new Coke Studio

Waseem Akhtar reviews the second episode of Coke Studio