Arooj Aftab was raised in Lahore, Pakistan to a family that loved music and indulged her budding interests. Absorbing the lessons of imported pop, south Asian classical music, and Urdu poetry, she recorded a humble and beautiful acoustic cover of Hallelujah that became a viral hit. After moving to New England to attend the Berklee College of Music, her audio universe suddenly expanded, revealing abstract jazz and modern composition that would allow her to stretch her sense of song and magnificent voice into totally immersive states of being.
She was set to premiere her third album, Vulture Prince, at Big Ears 2020 with a stellar band—harpist Maeve Gilchrist, drummer Greg Fox, guitarist Gyan Riley, and fellow Pakistani-American experimental master Shahzad Ismaily. But then, you know, coronavirus.
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