Earlier, it was difficult to make a clear distinction between Pakistani music and Indian music. This difference came several years after Indian independence. But until then, Bollywood music sounded through every Pakistani home, while ghazals were popular in most Indian houses. In India, qawwalis and ghazals have always been, and continue...
Strings Band becomes the very first Pakistani Band to acquire a VEVO account on YouTube. Vevo (stylized as VEVO) is a music video website, management and distribution company. Its a joint venture among the biggest record label companies of the World namely Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media....
Nominations for the 11th LUX Style Awards were announced in Karachi this week. The Awards office of Pakistan’s most credible and coveted awards released nominations in 26 categories in the genres of Film, Music, Television and Fashion. The LSA Film Jury voted for ‘Bol’ across all three categories. Shoaib Mansoor’s ‘Bol’ was...
Pakistan is known for its vibrant,classy and rocking music. To enhance the level of this Pakistani Music, the drummers of Pakistan also contribute a lot. We have the Giant names in drumming like Gumby, Farhad Humayun, Allan Smith, Salman Albert and various others who have contributed greatly to our local music industry. Luckily, we now...
Strings, Lanny Cordola and Todd Shea performed live at Sonic Peacemakers Charity Concert, held at Carlton Hotel, Karachi on 24th March 2012. View the concert pictures below: (more…)
After getting herself known in the entertainment and media section of Pakistan whilst working as a background vocalist for Coke Studio, Zoe Viccaji teamed up with String’s Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood to revitalize one of their popular hit track called “Mera Bichra Yaar”. Soon after, almost a year later, Zoe Viccaji is back...
Indian Rock Band Euphoria is coming to and will be performing at a concert in Pakistan at LUMS, Lahore. The band is looking to release its new album in Pakistan and will also be premiering its brand new music video in Lahore concert. Euphoria, a delhi based Rock Band, will be performing in Lahore University of Management Studies (LUMS)...
For the Sonic Peacemaker Charity Concert, a press conference was held on 20th March at Gloria Jean’s Karachi Branch. Todd Shea along with the Strings duo, Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood, spoke to the local media at this moment.
