Judwaa 2 – Music Review

You can listen to my review of this album here  http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/media-41364433 Pointless album for a pointless film, twice over

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CokeStudio 10 – Episode 7, Season Finale

Previous Episode reviews - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Tera Naam - Trust Sajjad ali to give a geet, a ghazal-sue turn and make us go all of us gooey. A Very well presented song that has a lot of love wrapped. There is a very 1980s-sque sound to the song in the way that …

CokeStudio10 – Episode6

Reviews for previous episodes from this season here -> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Mast kalandar mast - I cannot understand what's going on with the producers of the studio. They choose the best of songs for a 'tribute' and then botch the tribute with their touch of inefficiency. You do feel sad when good people …

Bhoomi – Music Review

You can listen to the music review of this album here http://www.bbc.com/hindi/media-41286084

CokeStudio10 – Episode 5

Review links for previous episodes of CokeStudio10 - 1,2,3,4 Sab Maya hai - Sanwal has a powerful voice and you will not waste a second in the song to realise this. While Ataullah's voice is the one with deep rooted traditional touches, Sanwal comes up fluid, more contemporary and with fabulous command. Obviously the old song was re-imagined …

Lucknow Central – Music review

Mera Lucknow! Every mention of my place makes me nostalgic. Ok Listen to the music review of Lucknow Central here - http://www.bbc.com/hindi/media-41204762

CokeStudio10 – Episode 4

Cokestudio10 - Episode 1 review here, Episode 2 review here, Episode 3 review here With the season sounding below average to put it mildly, I was more anxious than encouraged to see this episode. A well paced Naine moray featuring Sir Aamir Zaki, Akbar ali, the fabulous houseband, a brilliant Gul Muhammed on Sarangi and a …