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Ustad Dilshad Hussain Khan to fuse Mozart, Beethoven’s music with eastern classical music

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Violin maestro Ustad Dilshad Hussain Khan said that fusion of music demands the right knowledge of European and eastern music and the modern music scene in Pakistan lacks the right knowledge of such traditions. Pakistan-United States (US) citizenship holder violinist Ustad Dilshad Hussain Khan, who moved to the US back in 1996, said on Sunday […]

Timeless tracks that Zubaida Khanum gifted to the industry

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Singer Zubaida Khanum touched the heights of popularity through Pakistani films in the 1950s and the ’60s which was considered the golden era of Pakistani film music. After a brief love affair with acting, Zubaida Khanum shifted towards playback singing. She was a natural choice for all the composers as playback singer just as Noor […]

Timberlake to receive Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Icon Award

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Singer and songwriter Justin Timberlake will receive the Contemporary Icon Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s 50th annual induction gala, scheduled for June 13, 2019 at New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. The award, according to the organisation’s website, recognises “a songwriter-artist who has attained an iconic status in pop culture”. “Justin Timberlake is extraordinary,” […]

Faris Shafi drops out from the LSAs

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Singer and actress Meesha Shafi’s younger brother, Faris Shafi, is the latest to withdraw from the upcoming Lux Style Awards (LSA) 2019. The rapper’s song, “Clap”, featuring Talal Qureshi had been nominated for the year’s Best Song. On Twitter, he requested the LSA to remove his track from the category, “@talalqureshi and I are neither […]

First track from upcoming film ‘Wrong No.2’ released

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One of the season’s much-awaited romantic-comedies by YNH Films and Distribution Club, ‘Wrong No.2’ released the video of its first official song “Yaariyan” on Sunday. A film by one of the most talented Yasir Nawaz, ‘Wrong No.2’ has been produced by the entertainment industry’s giants Hassan Zia and Sheikh Amjad Rasheed, while the screenplay has […]

Chris Brown calls Rihanna a ‘queen’ and asks for new music

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Singer and songwriter Chris Brown is hoping for some new Rihanna music, according to his recent Instagram comments. Earlier this week, the 31-year-old “Stay” singer took to social media to post a picture of herself in lingerie, promoting her Savage X Fenty line. The stunning photo, taken by Dennis Leupold, quickly received millions of likes […]

I Rise: Madonna’s second track an uplifting and empowering anthem

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Madonna released her second track, I Rise, today (May 4). The uplifting ballad is the second of five songs to be released before her new studio album Madame X’s global debut on Jun 14. A detraction from the reggaeton-laced Medellin that was released just in April as an ode to Colombia – and that the […]

Shébani releases new track, ‘In The Fire’

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UAE-based Iraqi singer-songwriter Shébani released her latest single, ‘In The Fire,’ on Friday. The 28-year-old wrote the song two years ago, when she was studying music in London. “I didn’t have family or friends around. I was spending most days by myself, sitting in my room,” she told Arab News. “One day, I was thinking […]