Sufi rock

Sufi rock
Sufi rock
Stylistic origins Rock and roll, sufi music, classical music
Cultural origins 1993, Pakistan
Typical instruments Electric guitar • bass guitar • drums • vocals • dhol • tabla • sitar
Mainstream popularity eastern culture, 1990s & 2000s
Fusion genres
Alternative rock • Classical music • Sufi music • Rock and roll • Hard rock • Folk rock
Regional scenes
Pakistan • Turkey

Sufi rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the early 1990s and became widely popular in the late 1990s in Pakistan. 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 sufi music and imagery.[1][2][3]

Sufi rock can be described as combining of rock music with classical sufi music traditions. It is mostly based on the poetry of famous sufi poets like Rumi, Hafez, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah and even Kabir and is mostly sung in languages like Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Persian and Turkish.

A few artists like Junoon, Mekaal Hasan Band and Laal have achieved commercial success and mainstream critical recognition.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Nadeem F. Paracha's Work(s) Archive
  2. ^ A Rock and Roll Jihad for the Soul of Pakistan. Huffington Post
  3. ^ The Pluralism Project at Harvard University: Salman Ahmed Brings Sufi-Rock, Political Message to Harvard (Massachusetts)
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