You can love Rumi, and you can love rock. But can you can savor the poetry of the 13th century Sufi mystic, and hard-driving, guitars-wailing, rock-and-roll. At the same time? Ask Junoon.
Junoon is a hugely popular, Pakistan-based band, probably the top band in South Asia today. Their music does combine full-blast rock with the sinuous rhythms and melodies of Sufi song. The name of the band translates as “passion” or “frenzy” from Urdu.
Their hometown is Karachi, known to Americans as an al-Qaeda hideout and the place where reporter Daniel Pearl was murdered. Junoon is a band that Danny Pearl listened to, and they were the only Pakistani group to play at a major concert held in his honor. Politics and rock on the subcontinent,Junoon live in the studio.
For Junoon’s tour information, click on the link to “Junoon” below.
Guests:
Junoon: Salman Ahmad, Ali Azmat, Brian O’Connell, Ustadd Ashiq Ali, Jay Dittamo.