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September 2014

Sep 09, 2014
They will join artists from Morocco and Pakistan in the programme, which the US State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has organised. The event, to be held from September to...

June 2014

Jun 30, 2014
“Khumariyaan is a derivative of the word khumaar (intoxication). The source could be anything — music, spiritualism, wine, love, drugs or even good food. We strive to have the same effect, if you will...
Jun 24, 2014
Reaching out with music A Rahim Khan How does a national culture marred by a decade of bad international press affect a revamp? How does it emerge from a miasma of disrepute? Questions of these sorts...
Jun 17, 2014
Nina Garenetska makes an unlikely rapper. Along with the two other women in the Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha , which performed on Monday night at Brookfield Place’s Winter Garden, she was wearing a...
Jun 16, 2014
Wednesday night's major storms weren't enough to stop Poor Rich Boy and Plume Giant from taking the stage in Durham. The bands were supposed to play at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens for Duke Performances'...
Jun 11, 2014
Poor Rich Boy Brings its Pakistani Indie Rock to the Lincoln Center Atrium on June 19th By Rich Monetti Singer, songwriter keyboard player Shehzad Noor of the Pakistani Indie Rock Band Poor Rich Boy...
Jun 04, 2014
If you’ve been waiting to catch a concert at Sandywoods, the hip, artist-run arts center and music venue in Tiverton, this weekend may finally do the trick. On Thursday, it’s an intriguing double bill...
Jun 04, 2014
It's hard sometimes not to think that the Beatitudes were written about life in a rock 'n' roll van. From books that detail near-Odyssean conquests to documentaries that capture both the esprit and...
Jun 02, 2014
Hailing from Lahore, Pakistan, Poor Rich Boy sounds like a Merge Records mainstay. The group’s crystalline acoustic guitars and syncopated, airy percussion suggest a Middle Eastern-South Asian Bon...