Andholan Explained

Andholan
Type:studio
Artist:Mekaal Hasan Band
Cover:Andholan_album_cover.png
Released:September 17, 2014
Genre:Alternative rock
Jazz fusion
Sufi rock
Length:42:20
Label:Times Music
Producer:Mekaal Hasan
Prev Title:Saptak
Prev Year:2009
Year:2014

Andholan is the third album by the Indo-Pak band, Mekaal Hasan Band, after Sampooran (2004) and Saptak (2009). This album was released in 2014, by Times Music.[1]

Release

Mekaal Hasan Band started working on the album in 2013.[2] At first, MHB's old vocalist Javed Bashir was to be the vocalist on the album. Later, Mekaal confirmed that Javed Bashir would not be a part of the album. Instead, the album would feature a new line-up with new band members, with Sharmistha Chatterjee as the lead vocalist.[3] The album was released on iTunes on 17 September 2014. The physical CDs were released soon after.

Track listing

  1. Ghunghat
  2. Champakalli
  3. Bheem
  4. Sayon
  5. Maalkauns
  6. Sindhi
  7. Megh
  8. Kinarey

Album description

Andholan contains eight tracks and has been described as a nice album, up to the same levels as other MHB albums. A description by the band themselves have been given on the band's official website:

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.timesmusic.com/album/indie/andholan-2857.htm{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Web site: Mekaal Hasan Band Working on Amir Khusrau's Kalam for Their Upcoming Album, 'Andholan'. 31 August 2013.
  3. Web site: Binding Music | TNS - the News on Sunday . 2015-02-04 . 2015-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204142422/http://tns.thenews.com.pk/binding-music-mekaal-hasan-band/ . dead .