Malhaar

Two musicians of yester years have joined forces with a rookie guitar player to form this rhythmic central New Jersey band. Ali Qureshi (tabla, drums, back-up vocals) had been a familiar face in early 1980’s in his alma mater, National College of Arts, as well as in Lahore as a member of “Rogers” and “Revival” and was known more as a guitar player/singer than an architect. Early 1980’s also witnessed Agha Naqvi (Vocals, keyboard, flute) as an accomplished and active musician/singer in his college (Allama Iqbal Medical) as well as other young hangouts in Lahore. A freshman at Rutgers, Abbas Ali (vocals, guitar) is a creative and energetic lead guitar player who loves to combine new with old. Together they play a rainbow of old and new Pakistani, Indian and Western music mixing their guitar and keyboard with tabla to create an array of unique sounds along with soothing yet strong vocals.