Music

US-based Junoonis Salman Ahmad and Brian O’Connell discuss their journey as iconic contemporary-Sufi musicians.

The Ari Roland Jazz Quartet recount their experience in Pakistan.

Local artists explain how pop music transcends boundaries.

About 100,000 people turned out in Brazil for the start of the world’s biggest music festival, Rock in Rio.

Bruno Mars sings for Breaking Dawn soundtrack.

The singer-cum-actor on her career and letting the chips fall where they may.

After years of rocking out, the alt rock pioneers ‘call it a day’ as a band.

With the demise of renowned qawwal Maqbool Ahmed Sabri, all eyes are on his nephew Amjad Sabri.

Sabri, younger brother to Ghulam Fareed Sabri was a cardiac patient and was seeking treatment in South Africa.

EMI Pakistan and ARY Musik sort out a copyrights fiasco.

The first single off the album, “Miracle Worker,” went on sale online on July 7.

The Ari Roland Jazz Quartet performs alongside Fuzon as part of a cultural exchange programme.

Pearl Jam, Crowe recall favourite music documentaries.

Sajid and Zeeshan’s album has been delayed again.

Group will perform a "friendship song" being co-composed by Ari Roland and Fuzon.

The ‘Dil Mein Tum’ singer is back to charm listeners with his romantic numbers.

Why more and more local artists prefer covers as a launch pad.

The band discusses the local music scene and their upcoming projects.

PNCA organises a musical night with special people.

Singer Taimur Rahman talks about the informal ban placed on the video of their latest single “Jhoot Ka Uncha Sar”,

Pakistani pop band shares details of their ‘spontaneous’ trip to Mumbai.

Band splits once again as another vocalist, after Atif Aslam, calls it quits.

Guetta's album sales run in the millions worldwide and he has worked with the biggest names in rap and R&B.

They’re far from the new kids on the block that they were in the 90s, but the boys are better than ever.

Winehouse album set UK chart records posthumously.

The qawwali has a pop feel and has been arranged and produced by Saad Sultan at the Sidereel Studios.

Independent record labels in Pakistan are necessary to challenge the monopoly of those owned by television channels.

Pakistani pop singer to hopes to work with Coldplay, Jimmy Page and John Mayer.

Winehouse, with history of drug and alcohol abuse, had alcohol but no illegal substances in her system when she died.

It’s all junk — until it’s not.

Syed Noor’s Jugni Nachdi Ay is Arif Lohar’s comeback to the big screen.

The Sufi pop band releases its new track ‘Awal Allah’, which is a hamd by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.

The soultouching singer was an icon whose music resonates in qawwali evenings.

The musical show includes singers performing on old Pakistani pop songs.

Elvis changed the façade of the audience's perception of Afro-American music.

Musicians explore the highs and lows of Pakistan’s patriotic numbers.

Amy Yanick and Adil Omar discuss their latest track ‘Shine’.

What musicians think about releasing albums or singles on Eid.

Soch’s ‘Uth Jawana’ is being featured as part of Imran Khan’s political campaign.

Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan will collaborate on a new track.

Classical singing has its roots in Hindustani music and is representative of the sub-continental culture.

Is Quratulain Balouch the next female pop sensation?

The one performer that stood out for quiet sex appeal and sophisticated cool was Bilal Khan.

For newcomers in the music industry, being related to an already established artist is a double-edged sword.

Bashir and the Pied Pipers, a fusion of Karachi and Islamabad.

How “Coke Studio @ MTV” ventures into qawwali, compared to Pakistan’s version.

India’s version of ‘Akhian’ disappoints the song’s original composers — Fuzon’s Emu and Shallum Xavier.

Strings is currently working on two new songs – “Tum Hi To Ho” and “Goli Maray”.

The band’s new video is a satirical take on Pakistani society.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s son marks his debut as a live singer.