The simple yet marvelous Dil Dil Pakistan remains to be the ‘anthem’ of our nation. 25 years later, founding Vital Signs members Shahzad Hassan (Shahi), Salman Ahmad, Nusrat Hussain and Junaid Jamshed (JJ) are collaborating on what they hope to be the new musical sensation — a track titled Naya Pakistan. While the former members of Vital [...]

Invited to New Delhi by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Mekaal Hasan and his band members will headline at the South Asian Bands Festival on December 12. The two-day, free event in New Delhi is a collaboration between the ICCR, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and Seher, an organisation that promotes the [...]

India is fast becoming a hot-spot for international artists, and our very own band Jal seems to have climbed the bandwagon. The lip gloss sporting boys are now headed to Agra to shoot their next music video. Well, we know there’s nothing new in that piece of info but guess where the video is meant [...]

Islamabad got a good healthy dose of rock as Entity Paradigm, Jal, Call and many other bands performed on 13th march 2004 at the opening of the Open Air Theater in the scenic “Shakarpariyan”. The event was organized by Dream Weaver Productions (known for the highly acclaimed murder mystery musical “8 women” performed at Al [...]

Music has a greater influence than cricket, when it comes to improving Indo-Pak relations, believes Faisal Kapadia, lead vocalist of Pakistani band Strings. “In cricket one team wins and the other loses, while in the exchange of music concerts, it’s the audience that wins ultimately,” says he. Faisal alongwith Bilal, the lead guitarist, make up [...]

Two years ago Arooj Aftab was a middle-class Pakistani teenager living her life according to plan: She was working studiously under the watchful gaze of her parents to finish a two-year advanced-level degree in math and economics, and planning a sensible career in accounting. At the same time, Aftab was pursuing an interest that was [...]

Interview: Moazzam Abbasi Hair and Makeup: KR Crew Photography: Khawar Riaz You are not only the queen of the local music industry, but happen to be the only big female pop star. Why aren’t there more female singers from good families out there? How have you managed to retain this monopoly? This is something that [...]

Mizraab, a progressive metal band, is the brainchild of numero uno guitarist Faraz Anwar. The band has faced numerous problems in album release due to their heavy metal sound mixed with intelligent lyrics which do not fit in the usual mould of sad excuse for poetry with the masses are accustomed to. First, they mysteriously [...]

From Hum Na to Meri Duniya, your music seems to be very diverse in terms of musical expression. Are you trying to find your niche or this diversity is an attempt towards generating mass appeal? Ifu: Diversity is the one salient feature in our album. However it is not an intentional effort for commercial reasons [...]

THERE’S a first time for everything as singer Khadija Hayder proved with her debut album ‘My First Time’. The singer has already featured the The Secret Service album, D-Classified, and the compilation album Love Is… But now Khadija has surpassed herself with the release of her debut album. My First Time has been released by [...]