Strings front man talks to Instep about touring India, the local concert circuit and the high of performing at the recently concluded Twenty20 match between Pakistan and New Zealand… Maheen Sabeeh Karachi Before Jal‘s tour of India, Strings were touring across the border and have returned home this week. “This was our first Indian tour […]

By Sadaf Fayyaz The lead vocalist of band Swaras tells and shares something about his education and music. Hassan Bokhari is the lead guitarist of the band. With a dream of making music and converting it into reality, Asad speaks: My Education:Aitchison College 94, University of Central Punjab 97, Product Marketing, Schulich School of business-York […]

– Instep Today catches up with Farhan Saeed of Jal as he tours India with his musical outfit Jal and finds out about playing across the border, Indian sentiment and more… Tomorrow is just a song away With Muharram upon us, many musicians are heading to other destinations. Strings made us proud by performing at […]

By Asif Khan Strings fans could be seen in full force last Friday evening at the Royal Rodale Club in Karachi where Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood got off to a bumpy start amidst the muffled voices in the background. They belted out their first track of the evening, Humsafar, from their album Koi Aanay […]

Hasan Faridi, interviews the CEO of Two Five Right Artist Management, an artist management firm, that’s one of it’s kind in Pakistan. 1) Hi Aamir, as the owner of Two Five Right, what is its mission? Two Five Right Artist Management’s mission is to help musicians and bands further their careers. We hope to bring […]

“We’re a music production duo. Our style is a mixture of electronic and organic music.” – Taha Malik As the debut video of Kostal makes way from the Internet to the airwaves, Instep catches up with Taha Malik of Kostal… By Maheen Sabeeh Instep: What can you tell me about Kostal? Taha Malik: Kostal is […]

Pakistani teen raps as a creative outlet

A toy piano has played a crucial role in Aao Wish Karein’s composer-lyricist Xulfi’s life. It was his mastery over that toy piano that made his brothers gift him a bigger keyboard. And Xulfi, a self-taught musician and the ex-lead guitarist of the first Pakistani mainstream rock band Entity Paradigm, made the most of it. […]

Catching up with Amanat Ali Khan By Maliha Rehman “I love Shah Rukh Khan. I would love to sing for him some day. While I was a contestant in Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Shah Rukh Khan once came as a judge and he told me, ‘The world is my fan but I […]