Welcome New Year with music & peace by Javed Bashir & Mekaal Hasan band!!! An Endeavour of Routes 2 Roots & ICCR

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 30, 2011 --

Music has a way of stirring our innermost feelings and all of our senses. It is a universal language that has the ability to speak to us deeply and uniquely, and to promote peace among the masses through music Routes 2 Roots with ICCR (Indian council for cultural relations) is organizing a classical Sufi, rock and jazz concert with Javed Bashir and Mekaal Hasan band. Javed’s command of the classical singing tradition can be heard and seen with the internationally reputed Mekaal Hasan Band, on 6th January 2012 at Bhubaneswar IMMT Auditorium, Acharya Vihar, at Kolkata- Grand Theatre, Science City, JBS Haldane Avenue on 9th January 2012 and at FICCI auditorium, Connaught Place, New Delhi on 11th January 2012. The concert would be commencing from 7 pm onwards, at the heart of Delhi, Connaught Place. Routes2Roots, in particular, strain and sweat to generate unanimity and camaraderie between India-Pakistan through art, culture and music.

About Artists

Javed Bashir is one of Pakistan’s most recognized & acclaimed classical singer hailing from a family of renowned qawaals. He has been with the Mekaal Hasan band since 2002. Javed Bashir has performed in India, U.K and U.S.A. to name a few countries several times to packed audiences.

Mekaal Hasan formed his band in 1999. Initially the band played all instrumental music featuring Mekaal's instrumental record 'Square One'. Mekaal Hasan morphed into an Eastern Classical based outfit with rock and jazz arrangements and featuring vocals and traditional instruments. The band has also released two albums, ‘Sampooran’ in 2004 and 'Saptak' in 2010.

About Routes2Roots

Routes2Roots, the Delhi-based Non-profit organization, is constantly persevering hard to abridge the distance between India and the SAARC countries through music and art. Routes2Roots provides platform to all the budding artists of these nations to showcase their talent by organizing and conducting events and exhibitions. They invite artists from cross-borders and even send artists of our Indian origin to bring about a better understanding about our culture and values encouraging peace and amity among these nations.

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