Top Ten Pakistani Bands/Soloists

While conducting a poll on the top ten Pakistani bands/soloists, I realized how ignorant of the pakistani music scene our expatriates are. For instance, the only bands they would know of were Junoon, Strings or EP…beyond that, most of them still thought that Awaz was making waves…ok, I’m exaggerating, come … Read more

Rage Second Album ‘Dewana’

Rage is formed by four talented youngsters named Salman Haider on vocals, Ahmer Kenneth on lead guitars, Aamir Abbas on keyboards and Chris on bass guitars. Rage is not new to Pakistani music scene as it started the journey in 1986 as an underground band from Lahore. Rage – having … Read more

Concert: Jal, Call, Visaal unplugged

jB Productions presents, M:fesT’04.. featuring.. Jal (live question n answer session with them) , Call, Visaal, Dye Corduroy and ‘special’ appearences n performances by some celebrities. all live n unplugged [venue] SilverStar, Fortress. [date] 30th July,2004 [time] 7 pm * ticket also includes a free Bowling game. One per person. … Read more

Indus music to hold first pop music awards

Indus Music (IM) will hold the first pop music awards ceremony in Pakistan at the Alhamra Arts Centre on July 24. The channel has also signed an agreement with MTV whereby IM will broadcast old English songs in a show called ‘MTV Classics’, presented and produced in Pakistan.daily Times reported. … Read more

Stringing their way to success

As a six- year-old I could hardly understand music. But there was one tune, which I still remember humming in my class when I was in grade one. The song had a distinctly catchy tune and had taken the Pakistani Pop scene by storm. It started off as Sar kiye … Read more