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a drunkard from the taverns | a devotee of qawwali, classical & folk music | studied politics at GCU '19
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punnu - پُنّوں582,995 Aufrufe • vor 3 Jahren
#PakistanIdol Zain Baloch's performance of "Aayi Mehndi ki yeh Raat" is trending nowadays. This was originally composed,sung & popularized by Jawad Ahmad. But a few folks know that these lyrics have been taken from Parveen Shakir's poem "gori karat singhar" published in "Khushbu"
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in a rare sight, a female vocalist named Noreen Afzal leads a qawwal party & performs a Kafi "ki jaana main kaun" of Hazrat Bulleh Shah. Miss Noreen hails from Gujranwala; started from reciting naats, manqabats, marsiyas before eventually focusing on qawwali. 📷 Wajiha Ather Naqvi
punnu - پُنّوں39,463 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
The GOAT Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869) A long thread 🧵 containing his Urdu ghazals rendered by an assortment of singers. Jagjit Singh sings a ghazal in Indian TV drama series "Mirza Ghalib (1988)" Hazaro'n khuwaishe'n aisi keh her khuwaish pe dum nikaly (1/25)
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Sain Akhtar Hussain (1920-1897) sings "Ho Laal Meri Patt". Born in Amritsar, started career in Punjabi theatre, drifted to film & music industry. His renditions matched with his Sufi attire; a cloak embellished with strings of beads around neck and wrists & Ajrak on his shoulders
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گاہے بہ مستی طاؤس رقصاں Musarrat Nazir (b. 1940) in a rare BBC's recording (early 80s) of a traditional Punjabi geet "Raat Dhammi Dhammi" melodiously sings while she joyously flaps her gorgeous hair. An elegant chanteuse unfurls a symphony of bahaar(spring) in her lilting vocals.
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a courtesan born in Kacchwa Bazaar (Mirzapur, UP) excelled at the "Benares style" of thumri-singing. Rasoolan Bai (1902-1974) sings "jaag parri main toh piya k jagaye" in 'purabi-ang' necessitating slow-tempo with greater emphasis on emotional interpretation of the text of thumri
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Sabri Brothers i.e., Ghulam Fareed Sabri & Maqbool Ahmad Sabri sing their chef-d'œuvre "Tajdar e Haram" in the BBC's Pebbles Mill Studios. This version, a bit older somewhere in late 70s/early 80s, is more serene & performed with a flair of classical instruments like Surmandal :)
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Remembering Shiv Kumar Batalvi Ji on his death anniversary (6 May 1973). While the 1960s were the time of Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley and Beatles on the international scene but Punjab was under the reign of 'Birha da Sultan' (the poet of separation & pathos). Always in our hearts!
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The first-ever Punjabi rap singer Yaqoob Atif Bulbula (d. 2023) singing his seminal oeuvre "Paani da Bulbula" in PTV-drama serial "Waris (1979)". Hailing from Garhi Shahu Lahore, he reached heights of prominence being a trendsetter in Punjabi rap singing in the late 70s.
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وہ مجھ سے ہوئے ہم کلام اللہ اللہ کہاں میں کہاں یہ مقام اللہ اللہ The Diva of ghazal-gayaki, Fareeda Khanum (b. 1929) sings a ghazal of Sufi Tabassum. Trained under Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan, the rigorous riyaaz led to perfecting the modulations, pitch, notations and breathing.
punnu - پُنّوں21,235 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
The nightingale Nayyara Noor (1950-2022) croons a fabled ghazal of Behzad Lakhnavi "aye jazba-e-dil agar main chahun, har chez muqabil aa jaye". Contrary to the reign of Saree-donning ghazal-gayaks, she appeared simple & sublime as was her singing, devoid of classical nakhre.
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