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 […]

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – The man who would be king

September 6, 2009

The torchbearer of a gharana that has been producing music for 600 years, the hope of a nation still in mourning for Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and a brilliant vocalist: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan talks to Instep about keeping Nusrat’s legacy alive, his next album and what the future holds for Pakistani music Described […]

Tribute to Iqbal

August 16, 2009

All Urdu poetry buffs cheer up. Iqbal — Verses in Gold is a CD that will augment your love of/for the Shaer-i-Mashriq and his poetry. Some of the renowned names in show business have got together to make the effort a worthwhile one. It is actor Zia Mohyeddin and musician Arshad Mahmud’s labour of love […]