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Junoon 20th Anniversary Album Volume 1 Released on iTunes

This year’s most anticipated album ‘Junoon-20 (Volume 1)‘ is finally here. The Sufi rock album which consists of 20 tracks, features talented artists like Aag, Alison Sudol, Bilal Khan, Fifi Haroon, Laal, Nusrat Hussain, Outlandish, Peter Gabriel, Rohail Hyatt, Shahjehan of The Kominas, Shubha Mudgal, Usman Riaz and Vital Signs, has now been released on iTunes.

The album costs $9.99 and the proceeds that will be raised from it will be donated to help support the efforts of Salman and Samina’s Charity for Education.

The volume 2 will be out soon!

Below is the album tracklist:

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Junoon-20 Will Also Feature Vital Signs, Rohail Hyatt, Nusrat Hussain & More

As you probably already know Salman Ahmad & Brian O’ Connell united for the 20th anniversary of Junoon to release two new special edition albums. This ought to be a treat for Junoon fans as you’re going to get your hands on 40 Junoon songs divided into two volumes.

Salman has already released five of the tracks from volume 1 on YouTube, featuring some of the young talented artists, including Mitti by Aag, Dil Main Meray by Bilal Khan, Neend Aati Nahin by Laal, No More by Outlandish and Saeen by Usman Riaz.

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Najam Sheraz to sing Tagore in Urdu with Shubha Mudgal

Rabindra Sangeet, also known as Tagore Songs in English, is a form of music composed by Bengali musician, poet and novelist Rabindranath Tagore who added a new dimension to the musical concept of India in general and Bengal in specific. Rabindra Sangeet use Indian classical music and traditional folk music as sources. Tagore wrote some 2,230 songs. Theses songs are now being trancreated into Urdu nazms and for the first time a Pakistani singer has been roped in to render Tagore’s songs.