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List Of Songs Recorded By Junoon
This is a comprehensive list of songs by Pakistani sufi rock Sufi rock or Sufi folk rock is a subgenre of rock music that combines rock with classical Islamic Sufi music traditions. It emerged in the early 1990s and became widely popular in the late 1990s in Pakistan and Turkey. The term "Sufi rock" was c ... band Junoon. The band have released seven studio albums, as well as numerous live albums, compilations, singles, and video albums. This list does not contain live versions or remixes. Original songs Other songs Cover versions External linksJunoon.com- Official Websitediscography at Official Website *Junoondiscography at Billboard {{Junoon Junoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufi Rock
Sufi rock or Sufi folk rock is a subgenre of rock music that combines rock with classical Islamic Sufi music traditions. It emerged in the early 1990s and became widely popular in the late 1990s in Pakistan and Turkey. The term "Sufi rock" was coined in 1993 by writer Nadeem F. Paracha to define the Pakistani band Junoon, who pioneered the process of fusing conventional rock music with folk Sufi music and imagery. at : Salman Ahmed Brings Sufi-Rock, Political Message to Harvard (Massachusetts) History It is mostly based on the poetry of famous sufi poets such as |
Shah Hussain
Shah Hussain ( pa, ; ; 1538–1599), also known as Madhoo Lal Hussain, was a 16th-century Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet who is regarded as a pioneer of the Kafi form of Punjabi poetry. He lived during the ruling periods of Mughal emperors Akbar and his son Jahangir. Name Shah Hussain is also often known as Shah Hussain Faqir - ''Faqir'' meaning ''Dervish'' (mendicant) and ''Shah'' means ''King''. So due to his extremely humble Sufi personality, people called him ''The Dervish King'', a person who was a King and a Dervish at the same time. He was born in 945 AH (1538) within the Walled City of Lahore in what is now Punjab, Pakistan. His father was Sheikh Usman, he was a Dhudhi Rajput (a clan of Rajput), and by occupation, he was a weaver (in some of Shah Hussain poetic rhymes he used his pen name as Faqir Hussain Julaha which means "Saint Hussain the weaver"), his father, in his early age, enrolled him in a local school where he started to memorize the Quran. His teacher was Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaar Bina
"Yaar Bina" (Urdu: یار بنا, literal English translation: "without a friend") is a song by the Pakistani sufi rock band Junoon, released in April, 1997. It is the fourth track from the band's album fourth album, '' Azadi'' (1997), released on EMI Records. Written by lead guitarist and founder of the band Salman Ahmad and writer Sabir Zafar, it is one of the lead single's on the album, the other being "Sayonee", the song uses blending of rock guitars and bluesy vocals with eastern elements like the use of tablas, raga-inspired melodies and traditional Pakistani folk music. The unexpected success of "Yaar Bina" and "Sayonee" in 1997 propelled ''Azadi'' at the local and international music charts, within three months of the release of ''Azadi'', the album had sold over half a million copies and hit platinum sales status in a record of four weeks. The single was a hit in South Asia, topping all music charts in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. The success of the single led the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
