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Asad Ahmed Instrumental Track Will You (Listen Now)
The Sketches feat. Akbar Khamiso Khan – Rano (Audio/Video Review)
Wasu aur Mein Second Episode on Geo TV

Asad Ahmed Instrumental Track Will You (Listen Now)

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 03:52 AM PDT

We reported a couple of months back that Guitarist Asad Ahmed will release his own solo album. It seems now the things are going in the right direction as maestro has himself dropped a kick-ass instrumental from the upcoming album.

“Will you” is a heavy rock instrumental track that really highlights the potential of Guitarist Asad Ahmed. Its truly professional, far ahead from any newbie or amateur stuff. So, if you are a serious rock music lover you can’t just skip this stuff and ignore it after just a single play.

Here we give you One of the best rock instrumentals coming out of Pakistan.

Stay tuned as the album contains 9 more tracks !

The Sketches feat. Akbar Khamiso Khan – Rano (Audio/Video Review)

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 09:24 AM PDT

By Hataf Siyal

After getting my hands on The Sketches' "Nind Nashe Vich" song, it's time for me to investigate on their new song called "Rano". Along with Jansher and Naeem Shah on guitars and Saif Samejo on vocals, "Rano" features Akber Khamiso Khan playing the Alghoza – a typical Sindhi folk instrument. The latter is the son of Ustad Khamiso Khan who was renowned as a great Alghoza player.

According to The Sketches themselves, the song "Rano" is created to "let the new generation know more about" Sindh and its music, melodies, culture, and traditions. It's also "made to promote the folk instruments" of Sindh, which the band believes, are very rare now.

For the audio, I believe "Rano" truly remains intact to the original message – to promote Sindhi music and its melodies – and the identity of The Sketches band. Also to note is how perfectly Saif Samejo, with his powerful voice, manages to cope up brilliantly with the astonishing amalgamation of Alghoza and guitars.

As far as the music and the poetry of The Sketches' band is concerned, their songs have always had such deep meaning in them. However, to understand each and every word, translations are a necessity – especially for the non-Sindhi folks. So in that way, it was sorta refreshing to see the band provide the translations after not-doing-so in "Nind Nashe Vich".

Vis-à-vis the audio, the video of "Rano" does justice in terms of promoting the values of Sindh, its culture, music, and melodies. The video song manages to capture a flawlessly lighthearted Sindhi look so far that the video director's work needs to be praised.

Even though "Rano" could've been a bit lengthier, it doesn't restrain it from the fact that it is a perfect example of how a Sindhi folk song works and, in which, you also get to hear such beautiful and mesmerizing sounds of an Alghoza.

AUDIO RATING: 8/10
VIDEO RATING: 8/10

Wasu aur Mein Second Episode on Geo TV

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT

By Danish Mughal

Here is the second episode of most anticipated and highly promoted new show of Geo TV, Wasu aur Mein. Shehzad Roy along with Wasu (the baloch guy) will be showing us interesting things via this new show. So lets see what we have in the second episode of Wasu aur Mein

The docudrama “Wasu aur Main” follows the travels of Shehzad Roy, a Pakistani musician and Wasu Khan, a villager from Baluchistan. Brought together by their common passion for music, Shehzad and Wasu realize that they have a lot to learn from each other. Wasu’s unique perspective on Pakistan’s history and his shrewd observations force Shehzad to reevaluate his own notions on progress, poverty and patriotism. As the show moves through several cities, the two of them try to understand what being a citizen of Pakistan means and realize what the future holds for them in this country.

Watch Wasu aur Mein 2nd Episode below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dns9YVR3j28