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Making waves in the digital age

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
HYDERABAD: Not too long ago, chief executive of Spotify, Daniel Ek had predicted, or rather foretold, that online streaming portal and applications would help usher in a new era of music listening. With Spotify having paid approximately $3 billion to music right holders so far, according to The Guardian, industries throughout the world have started viewing
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‘Youth have forgotten essence of Sufism’

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
HYDERABAD: Although Sindh prides itself on its Sufi heritage, young people who claim to align themselves with these beliefs have forgotten its essence and tend to endorse bigotry. MPA Mahtab Akbar Rashdi shared these views during a session, titled ‘Sufi Traditions and Indus Samaj’, on the second day of the Lahooti Melo, 2016, at Hyderabad Club
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Fight the claustrophobia, resist through art

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
HYDERABAD: If you end up waiting two hours for a session on poetic resistance, it might be a good idea to kill time resisting the urge to walk out. But when the session does start, it puts aside all qualms and you cannot help but get carried away by the promising forms of resistance offered by
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For the love of culture: Festival attracts hordes of art enthusiasts

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
HYDERABAD: The weather was pleasant and it drizzled before excited chatter and music rained over the audience that gathered in an open ground for the Lahooti Melo 2016. The festival put forth a feast for music lovers, provided a platform for the convergence of mainstream and folk musicians and the audience appeared to be yielding itself
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Using art to change social perceptions

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
HYDERABAD: An artist who works as an activist to bring about a social change in society needs to confront bullies bravely in order to sow the seeds of revolution, said Dr Taimur Rahman, of the band Laal. The communist-cum-musician and teacher was speaking at a session titled ‘Art for Social Change’ on day two of Lahooti
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The bumpy road from beats to bucks

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
HYDERABAD: I have yet to meet an artist who says that his family and friends never had a hearty laugh when he told them he wants to make a living as a musician in Pakistan. Sunday afternoon at Hyderabad Club saw many such individuals huddle together to revisit the question. Attending the Lahooti Melo 2016, guitar
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Sounds of Kolachi echo in Lahooti Music Ashram

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
KARACHI: With each passing concert Lahooti Music Ashram is gradually becoming a cultural hub for musicians from all over Pakistan. The Ashram has played host to musicians not only from interior Sindh but also from urban centres like Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Karachi-based band, Sounds of Kolachi, which is gradually building a niche following of its
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Exploring Sindh beyond the cliché of folk music

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
KARACHI: “You have no idea how talented are these musicians from Sindh,” exclaimed Saif Samejo while talking about his project the Lahooti Music Ashram. The ‘ashram’ as Samejo likes to call it was launched with the objective to provide a platform to musicians hailing from rural Sindh. They received a warm response in terms of student
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Musicians: Surreal beginnings

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
It is not easy to be a visionary and a rock star when you are based in a small city like Jamshoro. Taking up any larger cause instantly raises suspicion and risks being dismissed as a manifestation of your ‘elitist’ or ‘feudalistic’ tendencies. Saif Samejo, lead vocalist for The Sketches, has had his fair share
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Lahooti Live Sessions: Traditional music in its purest form

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 by lahooti
KARACHI:  It’s a cold and windy evening in Jamshoro, as a few youngsters are busy organising a musical show, but they haven’t booked a venue. A musician called Saif Samejo offers the roof top of his house; a place that has now become a hub of cultural preservation and the anchor point for what Samejo and 
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