Pod#203 - Hamnawa's October Playlist - Albums are back! and other RANTS

The October Hamnawa Select playlist is out and so the episode talking about it has to be out too! Talking about Talal Qureshi & JANI's new albums, albums in general, how perception can affect artists more than listenership, old people trying new things and more! Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Pets, pests and other problems 04:48 Why are people making albums again vs just releasing singles? 13:25 Album 1: Talal Qureshi’s ‘Turbo’ - multiple vocalists, yet still “Talal’s songs” 19:28 Album 2: JANI’s ‘Lostalgia’ - so many references! 26:56 Corporate money in Pakistani music: proven listenership vs perceived fame 35:21 Can you do without corporate money in the Pakistani music industry? 40:52 Are Zain/Zohaib bringing proper NFAK-esque qawwali into the modern age? 49:55 Ali is concerned about Javed Bashir 56:59 Outro LINKS:Link to playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6UVECmW7Wsgw9MGu42XnstHamnawa's Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/hamnawa_net/⁠Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)! Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below! SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan