The All Girl Band
The All Girl Band (TAG) | |
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| Genres | Pop, Alternative Rock |
The All Girl Band (TAG) is Pakistan's only all-female band.[1] The band was founded in 2016 with its members including Anna Salman Dar on lead vocals and guitars, Amal Nadeem on the violin, Mishal Faheem on drums, and Sumera Waris on the tabla.[2][3][4]
Details and songs[edit]
TAG featured the first female tabla player of Pakistan (Sumera Waris)[2] as well as the first Pakistani female drummer (Mishal Faheem).[citation needed]
The band acquired massive fame by making a cover song of the John Newman’s original Love Me Again in the fourth season of Nescafe Basement.[5] Newman appreciated the song himself by posting praise phrases on his Twitter account. TAG has also performed with the Romanian dance pop band 'Akcent'.[citation needed]
TAG is famous for performing cover songs and mash-ups in addition to producing originals.[6] Their lead vocalist, Anna Salman was chosen in the Best Emerging Talent category at the 2019 Lux Style Awards for a song called 'Middle of Nowhere' which was done by them in the second season of Levi's Live.[citation needed]
Besides the band's appearances in Nescafe Basement, they have mashed up John Newman's Love Me Again with the Game of Thrones title track. Another great mash-up by the talented girls is 'Are You With Me' by 'Lost Frequencies' with 'Laree Chotee'[7] by the Pakistani rock band ‘Call’.[citation needed]
'Mehbooba', originally sung by Haroon Rashid is a cover song done by TAG. They have recorded a song 'Choo Liya Aasman' in collaboration with women's lifestyle brand ‘Khaadi’. Other cover songs include Jimmy Khan's Baarish, Jason Mraz’s I'm Yours, Strings's Mera Bichra Yaar & Sajni, Uzair Jaswal's Tere Bin,[8] Sajjad Ali's Tum Naraz Ho, Bilal Khan's Bachana and Taylor Swift’s The Man among others. TAG has over 1 million views on YouTube.[citation needed]
Social representation[edit]
TAG have held sessions and TED Talks regarding reducing gender stereotypes in the music industry of Pakistan in Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and the University of Central Punjab (UCP) in Lahore.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "The All Girl Band – Pakistan's all female ensemble". Girl Dreamer. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ a b "The All Girl Band – Harmonising Together | Interview – MAG THE WEEKLY". magtheweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Catching Up with Anna Salman Dar – Voice of The All Girl Band". Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ Amer, Sarmad (2016-02-28). "The First Pakistani All-Girls Music Ensemble is Insanely Amazing". MangoBaaz. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Nescafe Basement's all-female band reaches unique milestone in Pakistan's music history". The Express Tribune. 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ Sangeet (2019-07-09). "The All Girl Band –Pakistan's Only All Female Musical Group". Sangeet Site Blog. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "13 musicians from Pakistan to tune into during lockdown". Clove. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Uzair Jaswal praises All Girl Band's cover of his song 'Tere Bin'". ARY NEWS. 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2020-12-06.