Arieb azhar

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Arieb azhar, Singers is famous for Singing, Pakistani celebrity.

Arieb's musical journey started as a child when he discovered that when he expressed himself vocally, people would pay attention. Because
both his parents were involved in television and theatre he was exposed at an early age to different musical expressions. According to
him the early folk and classical music he listened to influenced his later love for traditional music. He picked up the guitar in his teens as a simple acoustic accompaniment for his voice.

During this period of his life he was greatly influenced by the humanist poetry of Faiz
and Sheikh Ayaz, and by the humanist and revolutionary music and poetry of Latin America, and he often performed and sang for left wing
student functions and political rallies in Karachi and interior Sindh.

At the age of 19 he went off to Croatia, just as it was breaking away from Yugoslavia, and spent the next 13 years of his life there. In the city of Zagreb, Arieb was exposed to Balkan and gypsy music and his musical discoveries led him to perform on the streets, in pubs and clubs, concert halls, and festivals, with musicians from Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Bolivia and Ireland. He was one of the founders of the band "Shamrock Rovers" with whom he recorded two albums of a unique interpretation of Celtic music.

Finally in 2004 he returned to Pakistan in order to immerse himself in the local music. According to him, "I felt I needed to reconnect with my roots in order to continue my musical journey. In spite of (or perhaps because of!) social repression of all kinds, the street schooling that artists go through in Pakistan is very intense, and only the most dedicated artists can survive. Here one is forced to be highly self-critical and brutally honest about oneself. And those who survive this process become great musicians!"

Always nurturing a love for poets of the Sufi and humanist tradition, Arieb has now found an expression that he can proudly call his own. He
recorded an album with IC records in Karachi, by the name of Wajj, which includes the immortal lyrics of Bhulleh Shah, Khwaja Ghulam Farid, and Mian Mohammad Baksh, as well as more contemporary lyrics by Sarmad Sehbai.

The last track on the album is a Bosnian folk song also recorded with a rich orchestrated sound that uses both traditional and
modern elements.

Arieb's music came into the limelight of the Pakistan music scene because of his input in seasons two and three of the celebrated Coke
Studio project. He has toured around Pakistan and also performed at esteemed festivals such as the World Performing Arts Festival of Lahore, the Lok Sanjh Festival of Amritsar-India and the InMusic Festival of Zagreb-Croatia.

Arieb is currently finishing his next album, which, besides the well-known humanist poets of the sub-continent, will also incorporate
contemporary poets such as Sheikh Ayaz, Arshed Bhatti and Akhtar Qayum. According to him, "True music is the union between the
individual and the universal; a release, rapture, celebration, quest, lament of the human spirit. If I am able to touch that in moments of my life, I consider myself fortunate!"

Songs
BhaveN Tu Jaan Na Jaan Bulleh Shah
Husn-e-Haqiqi Khawaja Ghulam Farid
Jhindri Lutti Khawaja Ghulam Farid
Makke GayaN Bulleh Shah
Maye Ni Main Kinnu AakhaN
Monh Aai Baat Na Rrehndi Ae Bulleh Shah Saif ul Malook ( Safar ul Ishq ) Mian Muhammad Bakhsh

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