Sunday May 9, 2010
Salman Ahmad: Rock & Roll Jihad
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As a young musician, Salman Ahmad fell in love with the guitar-driven rock of Led Zeppelin, and with qawwali music as played by the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Today, Salman and his band Junoon perform an irresistible blend of rock and qawwali. Their lyrics are in Urdu, inspired by the mystical branch of Islam ... Sufism. Junoon is the most popular rock group in South Asia, with sales of over 30 million.
In his memoir, Rock & Roll Jihad, Salman Ahmad describes his fight to bring down the wall between east and west, and to overcome the barriers of fundamentalism to bring cultures together through music.
Salman Ahmad is Mary Hynes's guest this week on Tapestry.
(For more information about Salman Ahmad and Junoon, please go his website)
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