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Ali Sethi is going international with Coachella 2023

11Jan

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Ali Sethi is going international with Coachella 2023

The singer with soulful voice Ali Sethi is all set to perform in the international music festival Coachella 2023. Diljit Dosanjh, Joy Crookes, and other south Asian singers accompany him during the festival. The singer himself announced the news on Instagram with the caption "Aaa Jao". After making the world dance to peppy beats and quirky lyrics of the chart-topping banger ‘Pasoori’. Ali Sethi is now set to make the attendees at the annual festival rock to his songs. The singer confirmed on social media. The performer shared the news on his official Insta handle with a line-up poster for Coachella 2023 and wrote, “AAJAAO SAARAY, (come all).” Also See: Feroze Khan dragged big names in a dirty game This year, the arts festival will return on the weekends of April 14-16 and April 2...

Arooj Aftab becomes the first Pakistani singer to win a grammy

Arooj Aftab was nominated for Best Global Performance — which she won — and Best New Artist. The Brooklyn-based American-Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab won a prestigious Grammy award on Sunday night for her song 'Mohabbat' in Best Global Performance. She becomes the first Pakistani to win a Grammy. Her work, which merges ancient Sufi traditions with folk, jazz, and minimalism, has steadily gained global attention over the last 15 years. Additionally, she is a finalist for the coveted Best New Artist prize, handed out during the main Grammy broadcast. Her speech on the night "I'm beyond excited," the artist told journalists backstage at the pre-gala ceremony, in which most of the awards are presented. This feels great. I have been feeling nervous all day. And we are off to a g...

Pakistani vocalist Arooj Aftab nominated for the Grammy Awards

Vocalist Arooj Aftab's soulful yet highly underrated voice has not received mainstream attention in Pakistan. The vocalist however is now identified and nominated by the Grammy itself! HOLLYWOOD - Grammy Awards on 23rd November released its list of nominees for its 2022 awards. Amongst the names nominated for the 64th Grammy Awards was Pakistani vocalist and music composer Arooj Aftab. Arooj who mainly works with minimalist, jazz and neo-idioms music is nominated for the 'Best New Artist' category. The Best New Artist category according to Grammys, "recognizes an artist whose eligibility-year release(s) achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness and notably impacted the musical landscape". Arooj has a wide variety of beautiful songs and she surely is a rising talent. ...