<![CDATA[Hamnawa Podcast]]>
hamnawa.net]]>https://hamnawa.net/podcastSubstackMon, 11 May 2026 12:17:20 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/38164.rssHamnawaA publication about Pakistani pop musicepisodicHamnawahamnawa@substack.comNo<![CDATA[18: "Roger Waters kyun nahin hai is ganay mein" - a discussion on Hamnawa Select April '24]]>Regularly scheduled collaborative program with Ali Abbasi of TPR Pod. We discuss our Hamnawa Select curation for April 2024. We talk about:

* Our favorite topic: aleemrk

* Faris

* Kaavish

* Coke Studio

This episode is cross-posted as TPR #210, also on YouTube.



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This interview accompanies a profile of Hannan I wrote, which was recently published. We recorded late in 2023, and a few of the projects Hannan teases in the interview are now out. This is perhaps the most expansive description I’ve heard of Hannan’s process, motivation and career.



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* Humor in Pakistani music

* Jogi by Maanu, and the use of auto-tune

* Pameer Yousafzai’s Pashto rap from Swat

* Nirmala Maghani’s Koyal

* More aleemrk talk

This episode is cross-posted as TPR #209, also on YouTube.



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* UK Punjabi music

* Mooroo & Mekaal Hasan

* Babar Mangi

* Faisal Kapadia

* Eva B

This episode is cross-posted as TPR #207, also on YouTube.



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* Hamnawa’s best of 2023 picks

* Enlightening friends unfortunate enough to be ignorant of new Pakistani music

* Mashoor by Sheherazaad

* Aur’s collab with Zayn

* Wehshi by Salor, Ahsan, Arhum Sameed

* Arif Lohar’s awesome new song

This episode is cross-posted as TPR #206, also on YouTube.



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* Big trends in Pakistani music for 2023

* Selections from the playlist, including Awad, Farasat Anees, Azaan Sami Khan, and Adnan Dhool

* Various threads about how we are getting old

This episode is cross-posted as TPR #205, also on YouTube.



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* My bad sleep cycle

* Natasha Noorani’s album RONAQ

* More songs from Jani’s Lostalgia

* Umair, Ali Pirzada, Faisal Kapadia

* My World Cup sadness (lots of my problems on this episode)

This episode is cross-posted as TPR #204, also on YouTube.



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* albums, too many albums!

* Talal Qureshi’s album Turbo

* Jani’s album Lostalgia

* Zain Zohaib and their contribution to Qawwali

* a funky new song by Javed Bashir

I also rant.

This episode is cross posted as TPR Pod #203, and is also available on YouTube.



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This episode is also published as TPR Pod #201.



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This episode released on the TPR feed earlier last month, and I am unfortunately delayed in posting it on this feed again. A June playlist is upcoming shortly, so not to be confused. The discussion accompanying the June playlist will also be out soon.



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This episode released on the TPR feed earlier last month, and I’m just getting around to posting it here.



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This episode is cross-posted from TPR Pod, where we do collaborative episodes accompanying each Hamnawa Select playlist.



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Our meandering discussion covers, among other things, a roll shop obsessed with Atif Aslam, how young people in India are discovering Pakistani music despite not seeing it live, Momin Saqib & Main Hoon Na.

You can find audio for this discussion in your favorite podcast player, and video on YouTube.

Would love to hear your feedback on these discussions, and what you’d like to see from Hamnawa this year.



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You can find TPR Pod on YouTube or your podcast player of choice.



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