Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Venezuelan-Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic ...

How Bhakti poetry, Sufi courts, and manuscript cultures together shaped Hindi as a written language. A multilingual, material history of vernacular power—read more.

Ghulam Haider, Allah Ditta and Mohammad Bakhsh — all past 90, sat on a cracked mud platform beneath a single bulb. They began after maghrib [sunset] and finished only at the fajr azaan [call to prayer ...

Punjab is seeing a new, hybrid gangsterism where borders and allegiances are more fluid than ever. ‘It’s a new trend in ...

A glance at some of those chart-toppers in 2025, including Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” Sabrina Carpenter ’s “Manchild,” Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” Huntrix’s “Golden” and Taylor Swift ’s “The Fate of ...

National songs or anthems are often imposed from above, in which case they tend to exclude the diversity of the masses they ...

Singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh has officially confirmed his reunion with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali through a new behind-the-scenes ...

Meanwhile, on January 10 at the Jam Factory it’s Summertime Blues 2 as NZ’s most successful ex-pat blues guitarist Paul ...

Discover how Punjabi villages bring carrots to life with heat, spices, and tradition. This isn’t your average veggie side - it’s a dish full of flavor and heart. Watch the step-by-step process in an ...

Karma drops his new EP ‘6 Pe 6’, featuring six tracks across lo-fi, hardcore rap and melodic hip-hop with Sez, Deep Kalsi, ...

The New Music Friday and Pop Culture Happy Hour host had a hard time narrowing his favorite albums of 2025 down to 10 — the ...