World Music on Continental Drift

In this edition of Continental Drift, we explored variety of genres of Pakistani music. As usual, some traditional tracks opened the show and later we spent a good chunk of the show playing instrumental pieces. Among the instruments we tried to highlight are Sitar, Tabla, Sarangi, and Rubab. Many of the instruments used in Pakistani music are also used in other neighboring countries such as India, Afghanistan, and Iran. One simple reason for this is the history of that region which goes back to Persians’ domination of half of the world all the way from China to Italy. Among other influenced arts in Pakistan, their official language, Urdu, is noteworthy which I invite you read more about it here.  Lastly, we ended the show with music of the friends of the show on Myspace.com in our global shuffle segment.

PLAYLIST:

• Frontier Melody – Folk tune from Sarhad – Folk Music of Pakistan

• Rang    Ensemble Faiz Ali Faiz Et Rehmat Ali

• Folk Dance – Folk dance from Sind region   Folk Music of Pakistan

• Sarinda – Munir Sarhadi

• Sarangi – Ustad Hamid Hussain Khan

• Shah ranjha albela – Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan

• Lang Aa Ja (Instrumental) – From the CD “Folk Music Of Pakistan Vol 1″

• Badla (Instrumental) – From the CD “Folk Music Of Pakistan Vol 1″

• Dai Halima (The Midwife) – Sabri Brothers And Ensemble

• Nainon Mein Jal Bhar Aaye – Naseem Begum

• Hanjoo – Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

• Donon Jahan Teri – Barkat Ali Khan

• Mohabbat Ke Dum Se – Naseem Begum

• Kanudo (Langa) – Bundu Khan

• Kashtiyan Bandh Chuke – Nayyara Noor

• Bankoo Diya Chhorwa (Instrumental) – From the CD “Folk Music Of Pakistan Vol 2″

• Akhiyan Noo Chain Na – Pakistani Production

• Mahive ve Soniya – Atif Aslam

GLOBAL SHUFFLE (11:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.)

Bassekou Kouyate

• Bubamara – Fanfara

• Raining Heart – Shen Qi

• Jonkoloni – Bassekou Kouyate

• Foni – Sabir