Music

Guitarist Lanny Cordola aims to explore the idea of using melodies for peace and social causes.

Haniya Aslam, guitarist and member of musical duo Zeb & Haniya, on hope, jazz guitars, and changing the world.

EMI Pakistan returns after a 16-year hiatus, aiming to introduce talented musicians.

A Buddhist nun who became a singing sensation in her own country and the west.

Music plays an important role in every society – not so much in ours.

Her latest album features her mature side but will it work with her pop-punkster image?

Classi­fying themse­lves as a folk rock band, they want to create a unique rock sound with a local feel.

Usman Riaz has just released a video of his track “Firefly” that has become really popular on the internet.

Multitalented 20-year-old recently released his debut album and music video through EMI Pakistan.

The LUMS Music Festival aims to explore everything about music.

Beatboxing is connected with hip hop culture, being one of the rudiments, although it is not limited to hip hop music.

Usman Riaz is a percussive guitarist who recently released his first album via EMI Pakistan

Classical music is being affected by lack of support from government.

Lahore Arts Council (LAC) has banned dance performances in stage plays, terming them vulgar and obscene.

Faiz Ali Faiz and Thierry (Titi) Robin have quite literally been creating magic together.

State TV issues denunciation of rock and rap saying the music is epitomised by sadism, drug addiction and immorality.

The Ghazal Festival in Lahore took the audience in to a trance with Hamid Ali Khan’s performance.

Uth Records is a rising platform aimed at showcasing talent from Pakistan.

After drawing in an audience of 3,000 fans, Fuzon looks forward to future collaborations in Bangladesh.

Strings make head way for the north and take Peshawar by storm with their performance.

19-year-old Adil Omar is set to launch his debut album featuring hip-hop music.

Ali Zafar is back with a bang as his third studio album Jhoom hits stores today.

Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan will show the young ones how to strut their stuff at the 53rd Grammy Awards.

Pakistan’s Haider Rehman, a flute player and tabla nawaz, returns after performing at the World Music Festival.

Peter Pannke is one of the many disciples of the great mystics, often leaves his hometown to travel to Pakistan.

Members of the band feel Laal is not just a band: it is a cause to support the leftist ideology.

Much celebrated for calligraphic designs, Islamic art now takes a modern turn with the streak of rap music.

Justin Bieber, Lady Antebellum, Arcade Fire, Miranda Lambert, Muse, Usher, Bruno Mars, Rihanna also performing.

Azhar also took this opportunity to reflect on the country.

The Others stars 10-year-old Ali on drums and 15-year-old Zoya on guitar and vocals.

Composer Zahoor Khan Zeibi talks about the inspiration behind the song which sold 5.5m albums when Benazir returned.

Annie plans to work with Pakistani legends, make as many videos as possible.

Adnan Sami Khan recently recorded a live song and garnered 475,000 participants in the process

Joshi has been one of the most celebrated exponents of the Kirana gharana of Hindustan Khayal music.

"Vice Versa is all about the people as I see them and I hope they see me in that same retros­pect," says Tajik.

Avantika invites strings to celebrate husband, Imran Khan's birthday bash during honeymoon in Thailand.

Thousands of people gather to the tune of harmoniums, tablas and tambooras to pay their respects.

Responding to ultra-conservatism, Pashto dramas and pop music CDs spread across K-P and achieve niche status.

Recent hearings reveal intricate details of singer’s personal life, nature, extreme love, affection for humanity.

Concert at ISC features talent of Soch, Call, Bilal Khan, Ismaeel Qureshi, amateur rock stars.

Pakistan’s heartthrob Atif Aslam has joined the Twitter bandwagon with a following of over 1,500 and growing!

Gul Muhammed Hussain had wowed people with his performance on Coke Studio.

Event had performances from 5 and 8, a band with 5 year old Yahya and 8 year old Basim playing Djembe drums.

Arieb Azhar made his mark in the music industry with his mesmerising voice in the song, “Husn-i- Haqiqi.”

Veteran rocker Steven Tyler says he wants to start work on a much-delayed new album later this month.

Bands Bumbu Sauce and Malang Party jam in Islamabad.

Ceremony pumped punctuality,fell through with Faryal Gohar, Imran Aslam perpetuating ambience of comfort, amicability.

Students gave good performances, audience felt that it was weak in terms of sound.

The R&B singer had a number one single, album and two other songs in the charts this week.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ruled Bollywood’s music scene in 2010 with three hits that took the industry by storm.