Word: qawwali
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...strangely enough, the cumulative effect of reading these works is uplifting. Despite appearances, Nadeem is no pessimist. In fact, Selected Plays can be moralistic, even histrionic, with endless interludes of Punjabi folk songs and qawwali choruses. They are not horrors but shock-dramas (one, Burqaganza, was banned last year by Pakistan's Minister of Culture). Ultimately, Nadeem's theater is passionately fired by faith in Pakistan's potential for change and in the sanctity of life. If only those who ram explosives into hotels and busy markets would feel the same...
...show were equally fun-loving and energetic. During a Pakistani rock song near the end of the show, dancers crossed the stage behind a light curtain in the back as the instrumentalists traded off short solos and the crowd clapped along. In another fun musical act, the Qawwali, two groups of singers—one male, one female—egged each other on as they debated the nature of love, accompanied by traditional Indian instruments. The show was also punctuated by a number of short sketches about South Asian stereotypes, including a protracted bit about stereotypically protective Indian parents...
...deep in critical praise as commercial shrugs. Ignore it not simply because critical unanimity is a turnoff but because it tends to be conferred on the educational or exotic. Spoon's sixth album, unfortunately titled Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (out July 10), has no sitars or harps, no qawwali singing or convoluted metanarratives. It's just 36 minutes of taut, minimalist rock played mostly on guitar and piano and sung by Britt Daniel, a reedy Texan with a dry, been-around-a-bit voice. It's exotic like Clint Eastwood--and just about as direct...
...musical performances, “Qawwali,” credited as a “Sufi classic,” was memorable for its good-spirited mood. The large group of singers and instrumentalists created an engaging atmosphere as they sang, played and clapped to the rhythm while they sat cross-legged onstage...
...with life-size sculpted elephants emerging from the backdrop, the Ghungroo set, in all its beauty and intricacy, deserves heaps of praise on its own. The audience reacted quite well to a number of performances, but perhaps not as well as some acts would have hoped. Singers in the Qawwali love song “Ali Ali” performed quite well, but the audience was reluctant to respond to their urgings to clap along. Presumably to scare the audience into participating, the lighting staff flashed the lights on members in the crowd. Needless to say, it didn?...