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The presumption must be that in 2021 everything in pop culture, including music, has slowed down. However, having lived through 2020 when the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic had already hit the world, the music industry learned to adapt.
Though Covid-19 is still a reality that has affected live music seriously, vaccines have brought the semblance of a silver lining. Given these abnormal times, major developments took place in the overall music ecosystem.
“I can’t believe the news today/Oh, I can’t close my eyes and make it go away/How long, how long must we sing this song? How long? How long?” – ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ by U2
Children’s Literature Festival starts
Lahore
February 9, 2021
LAHORE:The three-day Children’s Literature Festival (CLF), a nationwide movement and flagship programme of civil society organisation Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), started hybrid to hold the first Pakistan Learning Festival (PLF) to promote learning during the pandemic on Monday.
The multi-site, multi-lingual and multi-cultural festival, being held in collaboration with British Council Pakistan, Children Library Complex (CLC), Oxford University Press (OUP) Pakistan, Room to Read and National History Museum (NHM), kicked off with a number of interactive sessions and activities taking place simultaneously at three locations – CLC and NHM in Lahore, and OUP Bookstore Park Towers in Karachi – where a few students and teachers were present on site while mostly attended it online from across Pakistan and beyond.
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The last episode features diverse performances by Alycia Dias & Taha Hussain, Aizaz Sohail and Mahnoor Altaf and Mughal-e-funk.
The last episode features diverse performances by Alycia Dias & Taha Hussain, Aizaz Sohail and Mahnoor Altaf and Mughal-e-funk.
The year 2021 has so for celebrated and promoted Pakistani music and artists to great lengths. With Bisconni Music, another feather in Pakistan s musical cap, music lovers across the country have been adding refreshing tunes to their playlists.
With its three-week long journey, Bisconni Music has successfully delivered outstanding music. The season’s last episode presented a diverse range of genres featuring a number of artists - some renowned and experienced, some talented young debutants.