9th Lux Style Awards, Music Winners List

November 2, 2010

Mekaal Hasan Band sweeps the music category in the 9th Lux Style Awards with 3 awards for the Best Singer, Best Artist and for the Best Video Director and Rohail Hyatt won an award for the Best Producer for the Coke Studio Sessions. BEST ARTIST: Mekaal Hasan Band for Saptak Others nominated in this category: […]

Pakistani Musicians Taking the Indie Route

October 16, 2010

A lot of artists this year chose to release their music independently. While this could be an option for the lot which can pay for the production, distribution, marketing and lawyers, this can’t even be a consideration for most other musicians. Earlier this year, we highlighted some interesting facts about how digital music has been […]

Rethink Coke Studio

September 10, 2010

By Hani Arif Coke studio season 3 What was the first thought that came to your mind when you read the first line? Trying to get into to your brains I can know one thing, if you are Pakistani then most probably you’ve labeled it as a flop and waste of time. After analysis of […]

The Pakistan America Peace Through Music Project

July 28, 2010

The Pakistan America Peace Through Music Project A Musical Journey to Peace, Freedom and Understanding (A Collaboration of The Sonic Peace Makers and SHINE HUMANITY) Background: Mention Pakistan today and what comes to the minds of most Americans is terrorism, poverty, and hopelessness. That’s all they see in the news. But Pakistan also has one […]

The beat of his drum

By Amar Ayaz [Originally Published in Instep Magzine] To most people Louis J. Pinto is known as Gumby, a musician on his way to cementing his name in our entertainment industry’s music history, if he hasn’t done so already that is. When he was starting out as a wee lad dreaming about thrashing his drums […]