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Berkleemusic.com, the online extension school of Berklee College of Music, today announced the recipients of the world’s first-ever online music scholarship program. After reviewing applications and demos from talented musicians worldwide, five gifted musicians and future music industry leaders were selected that exhibited significant promise, achievement, and inspired life stories. Each recipient will receive a [...]

A 94-year-old pink palace modelled on the famous 18th century castle in Versailles in France formed the gracious backdrop to a three-day festival of music, dance and nostalgia as Indian artistes mingled with their Pakistani compatriots. “Accept it or not, we lost half our glory after partition. Most of our population went off to Pakistan, [...]

Recently, the ineffable Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is pitted against Luciano Pavarotti in a feeble comparison. The trouble with most recording companies as they try to market yet another product from the most recognisable qawwali great is their eagerness to settle for the limpest of cliches. While this is the case with The Ultimate [...]

Omer Pasha has released his debut music single and video The Curse, online at www.omerpasha.com. Holding dual nationality Pakistani/Canadian Pasha is one of the very first singers of Pakistan to produce an English single. The single has two video versions The Curse (The Forebodings and The Curse Unveiled follow a theme and story Unveiled of [...]

A stunning photographic exhibition currently on show in south London explores the traditions of Sufi musicians on their journey of spiritual growth towards divine union. The Spirit of Sufi Music: Troubadours of Allah is an inspiring showcase of 40 colour images and is on display in the Horniman Museum’s Balcony Gallery until February 27 2005. [...]

Swedish pianist Staffan Sandstrom enthralled the audience with a classical music recital at Haveli Barood Khana in the Walled City on Tuesday night. The embassies of Sweden and France organised the evening to mark the 40th anniversary of the Alliance Francaise de Lahore. Seating was arranged in the backyard of the Haveli. The lighting was [...]

About 150 diplomats, politicians, artists, and others paid tribute at a concert by Pakistani musicians to Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was slain in the city by Islamic militants. Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded in Karachi in 2002 while researching a story on Islamic militancy. Pakistani vocalist Farooq Ahmed, accompanied by guitarist Amir [...]

Music beyond borders is passe. Now it’s time to take things beyond music. Grammy-nominated sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan and Pakistani-American writer-poet Aneela Khalid Arshed are ready to bring out their first joint album Beyond Music which hopes to touch people with its inner meaning. ”The basic idea is to promote peace. But we also want [...]

There were smiles all around as Tabassum Warsi dished out a treat to music lovers in Oman at ‘Sham-e-Ghazal’ at Al Falaj Hotel last weekend. Smiles (tabassum in Urdu) of acceptance, acknowledgement and appreciation all backed up by a continued round of applause accompanied her performance like a reward from a receptive audience. How ghazal [...]

Music is the universal language of love, peace and friendship, said Taz, the lead singer for Stereo Nation, after signing a promotion agreement for Pakistan, Japan and the United Arab Emirates with Star Light Promotions and Ideas Workshop on Wednesday. According to the new agreement, Star Lights Promotions will have exclusive promotion rights, arrange concerts [...]