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The Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab dedicated her most recent album to spaces that don’t exist anymore. Blending together traditional Sufi Muslim and Hidustani classical sounds with folk, jazz and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By nominating her for a best new artist Grammy, Arooj Atfab says that Recording Academy voters have "actually changed history." ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Grammy winner Arooj Aftab about finding musical inspiration in the words of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet Rumi and about how her Pakistani heritage informs her work.

The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...

Arooj Aftab released one of our favorite albums of 2024, Night Reign, an record that found her widening her scope to incorporate elements of pop. R&B, dub, hip hop, and more. You can listen below. She ...

It’s hard to describe Arooj Aftab’s music in a way that captures its uniquely protean beauty. The singer and composer, who was born in Saudi Arabia, grew up in Pakistan, went to school in Boston, and ...

Earlier this year, Brooklyn-based musician Arooj Aftab became the first Pakistani artist to win a Grammy when she picked up the Best Global Music Performance award for “Mohabbat” from her 2021 album, ...

Arooj Aftab has had quite a year, releasing the gorgeous, tranquil Vulture Prince back in April, and it’s gone on to be one of the most acclaimed albums of the year, making Best of 2021 lists from ...

An Arooj Aftab performance is filled with “little secrets,” she tells Vogue. The Grammy-winning Pakistani artist blends jazz, folk, and electronics with traditional South Asian vocal techniques and ...

This is part of a series of features from All Things Considered on first-time Grammy nominees, ahead of the April 3 awards. You can read and listen to the profiles on Saweetie, Jimmie Allen and Barlow ...