http://www.pardonmyhindi.com/blog/?p=923

The Atif Aslam MJ tribute on cock studios however made me want to burn down an LG Cellphone billboard

http://www.soundopinions.org/

A favorite show is Radio M. You can listen to it online.

http://www.wbez.org/Program_RM.aspx

Trust me, I drive a lot for work and listen to a lot of NPR – have heard many artists that I have gone home and looked up for further listening.

I actually thought the music on the album was enjoyable. The songs seem to start and end with “traditional” melodies and then transition into a more or less standard indie pop/rock format. (They were almost a low-fi version of songs like Sting’s “Desert Rose.”) But to the artist’s credit, I thought those transitions were smooth. Also the “traditional” parts were traditional enough that my Indian mother (who was also listening) commented, “This is like listening to bhajans.” Either way, the album doesn’t sound like they struggled to record it. This could, however, be due to really great post-processing and mixing, not necessarily because of great live recording.

As for the video, I agree with MadGuru that Bergsman clearly had little practical knowledge of what it is like to live and work – or even visit – south east Asia. I can’t tell if she’s pretentious, or just a space case! It’s one thing to be “courageous” by not heeding government travel restrictions, and something else altogether to be clueless about where you will be traveling and the people with whom you will be working. If she had even glanced at headlines before she left, she would know that Pakistan has a lot of problems for its people right now – poverty, inequality in education, not to mention war…

PS : don’t diss on NPR

Basim – You should check out the coke studio sessions. Theres actually a REVIVAL of interest in our musical heritage. The music Rohail Hayat and Co. are creating is phenomenal.

That’s awesome!!! Where’d you read that? My comprehension skills must be gone.