Brian Bassanio Paul

Partner at Swiss Trust Layer® | Author | Music, Society & Cultural Researcher

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My new article, “The Sound Not Meant to Be Music,” - https://t.co/7gnAHFadEJ is published in @etribune

It explores Zoroastrian prayer and chanting in Pakistan, and how these ancient sounds carry musical patterns, cultural memory, and a tradition that risks disappearing.

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In my latest article for
@etribune

, "A faith finds its voice" - https://t.co/nQyibd5vVc - I explore how the Bahá'í Faith found its musical voice in Pakistan. It is a story of faith, music, culture, and how communities make something their own.

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In my latest article for @etribune , "The grief that kept the raag alive," - https://t.co/xAfv7fZQeH - I explore how Muharram's elegiac traditions, marsiya, soz khwani, and khitabat, served as a vital, sanctioned sanctuary for Hindustani classical vocal techniques in Pakistan.

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Here's my latest article published at @etribune - The walls around the music - https://t.co/SDquYqgYk7

Talented women have always been in Pakistani music, seldom on stage.

Wrote about why, and who's rebuilding it now.

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Here's my latest article published @etribune : Tunes and Lines That Outlived Times - https://t.co/Py2gfuPen7

Pakistan’s Punjabi Zaboor, a collection of psalms sung in raag-based melodies composed 130 years ago, is the most memorised liturgy in Pakistan’s Christian community.

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Here's my latest article published @etribune Tunes and Lines That Outlived Times - https://t.co/qdudxuC2Ql

Pakistan’s Punjabi Zaboor, a collection of psalms sung in raag-based melodies composed 130 years ago, are the most memorised liturgy in Pakistan’s Christian community.

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Music didn't disappear from Pakistan. Only certain kinds of it did.

That distinction is the quiet centre of my latest article: https://t.co/J531w9S8KC, a review of two books written by Anjum Altaf and Kabir Altaf.

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Here is my new piece: https://t.co/pTYjKSfGml

It is a personal reflection on caring for my father during his final days in a hospital. It’s a story of caregiving and realizing that love often speaks in ways we don't expect.

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The debate over "suggestive" lyrics often collapses complex social artifacts into simple moral shorthand.

Check out my full analysis in The Express Tribune here: https://t.co/G8fA9X7AOY

#CulturalCriticism #Ethnomusicology #PunjabiMusic #MusicInfrastructure #ExpressTribune

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Sacred music doesn’t always need a stage.

This piece looks at Hindu devotional music in Pakistan.

These songs speak less about survival as resistance and more about persistence.

https://t.co/kO39pLBB0s

#SacredMusic #CulturalMemory #MusicAndBelief #Pakistan

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THE MUSIC THAT REFUSES TO CHOOSE SIDES @etribune

This piece explores artists who don’t abandon identity; they expand it.

Read the full article:
https://t.co/XilFXYOvrp

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Here’s the new piece:

https://t.co/VJ2rPYwkh6...

The journey of a sound that refused to fade.

Once heard in Punjab’s shrines, Sikh sacred music, or kirtan, still survives in Pakistan—a delicate but radiant tradition.

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Check out my latest article: Beyond the Beat: Young Ill and the Evolution of Korean Hip-Hop https://t.co/BV1iAyAVr9 via @LinkedIn

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The Kalasha are Pakistan’s smallest minority, but their music carries the weight of centuries. Hymns that once echoed freely are now under threat, from land grabs, forced conversions, and erasure in national discourse.

Read the full article: https://t.co/HKjxz1KHwT

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The Kalasha are Pakistan’s smallest minority, but their music carries the weight of centuries. Hymns that once echoed freely are now under threat, from land grabs, forced conversions, and erasure in national discourse.

Read the full article: https://t.co/HKjxz1KHwT

[The Express Tribune @etribune]

In the region of Pakistani Punjab, particularly in urban centre's such as Lahore, Sialkot, Sheikhupura, and Faisalabad, Christian hymnody has undergone a transformative process, emerging as a hybrid and multilingual artistic expression. This music serves as a mediator of memory, power, and resistance, reflecting the interplay of historical, linguistic, and technological shifts.

For more: https://t.co/Uw2bqYTP4L
#etribune #News #latest #tmagazine

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Check out my latest article: From Hymn Books to Hashtags: Church Music of Pakistani Punjab as Post-Colonial Hybridity, Cultural Memory, and Sonic Resistance
https://t.co/LUCP6uQsTG - Express Tribune and https://t.co/WqU0Q2NhQu via @LinkedIn

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My new piece for @etribune is out:
“From Hymn Books to Hashtags”
It’s about how protest has evolved from sacred songs to viral hashtags and how faith still fuels resistance, even online.

https://t.co/LUCP6uPV48

#FromHymnBooksToHashtags #FaithAndProtest #OpEd

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