Hamnawa Podcast

Regularly scheduled collaborative program with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod. We discuss our Hamnawa Select curation for April 2024 . We talk about: * Our favorite topic: aleemrk * Faris * Kaavish * Coke Studio This episode is cross-posted as TPR #210, also on  YouTube . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamnawa.net

Abdul Hannan is singer of hits such as Bikhra and Iraaday , and his releases in 2023 made him one of the most heard Pakistani artists of the year. After a meteoric rise, Abdul Hannan gives an exclusive interview to Hamnawa, discussing his conquering of the Pakistani music charts, his musical process, and the economics of the Pakistani music industry. This interview accompanies a profile of Hannan...

Regularly scheduled collaborative program with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod. We discuss our Hamnawa Select curation for March 2024 . We talk about: * Humor in Pakistani music * Jogi by Maanu, and the use of auto-tune * Pameer Yousafzai’s Pashto rap from Swat * Nirmala Maghani’s Koyal * More aleemrk talk This episode is cross-posted as TPR #209, also on  YouTube . This is a public episode. If you would li...

Regularly scheduled collaborative program with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod. We discuss our Hamnawa Select curation for February 2024 . We talk about: * UK Punjabi music * Mooroo & Mekaal Hasan * Babar Mangi * Faisal Kapadia * Eva B This episode is cross-posted as TPR #207, also on  YouTube . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episode...

Regularly scheduled collaborative program with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod. We discuss our Hamnawa Select curation for January 2024 . We talk about: * Hamnawa’s best of 2023 picks * Enlightening friends unfortunate enough to be ignorant of new Pakistani music * Mashoor by Sheherazaad * Aur’s collab with Zayn * Wehshi by Salor, Ahsan, Arhum Sameed * Arif Lohar’s awesome new song This episode is cross-pos...

Regularly scheduled collaborative program with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod. We discuss our Hamnawa Select curation for December 2023 . We talk about: * Big trends in Pakistani music for 2023 * Selections from the playlist, including Awad, Farasat Anees, Azaan Sami Khan, and Adnan Dhool * Various threads about how we are getting old This episode is cross-posted as TPR #205, also on  YouTube . This is a p...

Regularly scheduled collaborative program with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod. We discuss our Hamnawa Select curation for November 2023 . We talk about: * My bad sleep cycle * Natasha Noorani’s album RONAQ * More songs from Jani’s Lostalgia * Umair, Ali Pirzada, Faisal Kapadia * My World Cup sadness (lots of my problems on this episode) This episode is cross-posted as TPR #204, also on YouTube . This is a...

We released our regular curation of notable new Pakistani Music a couple of days ago. We return with a discussion between Hamnawa & Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod about the contents of this playlist. We talk about: * albums, too many albums! * Talal Qureshi’s album Turbo * Jani’s album Lostalgia * Zain Zohaib and their contribution to Qawwali * a funky new song by Javed Bashir I also rant. This episode is...

Our regular discussion episode around our latest Hamnawa Select curation , with Ali Abbasi of the TPR Pod. We discuss Ali Sethi, Amna Riaz, business models of releasing music in Pakistan, and perceptions of the Pakistani music market compared to global trends. Random sidebars, as usual, are aplenty. This episode is also published as TPR Pod #201. This is a public episode. If you would like to disc...

Our regular discussion with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod around the Hamnawa Select playlist. For our August playlist , we discuss Shamoon Ismail’s Velo song, more Pashto rap, new indie music from Doodh Patti, Kaavish & Roxen. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamnawa.net

Our regular discussion with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod around the Hamnawa Select playlist. For July, we discussed Young Stunners, Mehdi Maloof, Slowspin & more. I apologize for the delayed posting of this episode on this feed! A new episode for our August playlist upcoming soon. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ham...

Another episode of a regular discussion with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod around the Hamnawa Select playlist. For June, we discuss Zahoor, Maanu, Rozeo, Zainub Khawaja, and Pakistani cities. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamnawa.net

A discussion with Ali Abbasi on the May 2023 Hamnawa Select playlist . We talk about Jani, Nehaal Naseem, Eva B, and Ali Sethi. (Of course, there are detours.) This episode released on the TPR feed earlier last month, and I am unfortunately delayed in posting it on this feed again. A June playlist is upcoming shortly, so not to be confused. The discussion accompanying the June playlist will also b...

A discussion with Ali Abbasi on the March 2023 Hamnawa Select playlist. We talk about Talha Anjum’s album Open Letter, Maanu’s new song 4U, the work of Daniyal Ahmed, and more. This episode released on the TPR feed earlier last month, and I’m just getting around to posting it here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, v...

A discussion with Ali Abbasi on the songs you should listen to in February. We talk about a song that Karachi people shouldn’t listen to, Zahoor’s unique Pashto sound, mapping hip hop in Pakistan, and Ali Sethi modernizing ghazal music. This episode is cross-posted from TPR Pod, where we do collaborative episodes accompanying each Hamnawa Select playlist. This is a public episode. If you would lik...

Sharanya Deepak is a writer & editor from New Delhi. We talk about her recent piece for 52 on listening to Pakistani pop in India . Our meandering discussion covers, among other things, a roll shop obsessed with Atif Aslam, how young people in India are discovering Pakistani music despite not seeing it live, Momin Saqib & Main Hoon Na. You can find audio for this discussion in your favorite podcas...

I talk to Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod on the Pakistani music scene over the last year. This is a cross-post of TPR episode #177. You can watch a video of this episode on YouTube . You can find TPR Pod on YouTube or your podcast player of choice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamnawa.net

We talk to Fakhr-e-Alam about rap, the 90s music scene in Pakistan, important figures in the industry, how he set up his career, and his latest music. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamnawa.net