Arieb Azhar

Photo: Shahzad Ali Mirza

Photo: Waheed Khalid

Photo: Waheed Khalid

Arieb Azhar
(Islamabad, Pakistan)

Defying easy categorization, Arieb Azhar’s mesmerizing baritone “encompasses about all the emotions life has to offer” (PRI). He leads a quartet of musicians in an eclectic mix of urban and folk-based songs grounded in Sufi and other humanist poetries from across Eurasia. A world class troubadour whose sets pay tribute to Irish balladeers, Croatian gypsies, Punjabi traders and ancient Sanskrit texts.

“Rather than preserving ‘pure’ art forms, we try to express the human soul the best we can, while making use of all influences we have absorbed along the way.” (Arieb Azhar)

Available	June-July 2012
Travelers	Five (four band members, one company manager)
Venue	Indoors or outside, typical concert set-up for reinforced acoustic sound (guitars, flutes, tabla)