The author is a culture critic based in Lahore
Khurshid Anwar was keen to throw open the world of quality music to a far wider audience through radio
The traditional forms of music like kheyalwere always at risk since the creation of Pakistan.
Two Pakistanis, Zarsanga and Sain Zahoor, win Aga Khan Music Awards
Mian Mir was a sufi adept in the highest tradition of diversity and tolerance
Munir Husain whose numbers became popular in the film Saat Laakh was closely related to Rashid Attre
Week-long cultural activities mark 55 years of Pakistan-Mauritius ties
Ustad Amanat Ali Khan’s life was cut short in its prime after a long struggle with depression
Somalis love poetry to distraction and the poet Warsame was loved, revered and worshipped.
Sain Zahoor is famous for playing the eiktara that provides the melodic parallel to his vocalisation
She belonged to the old school, if one may dare say, when melodiousness was the only real benchmark for a vocalist.
