avenji ja nahin

So it was a friday morning with lots of work to be done in office and yet the desire for the day to end and weekend was getting stronger. To get past the day, i needed some good music but my music cells had given up and i was unable to decide what i should listen. So i went to my gtalk list, pinged Manmeet and asked for a music recommendation. And whoa! he promptly recommended Rabbi's new album - Avenji ja nahin. So now it has been 44 hrs since that conversation and i am still listening to that album and needless to say, i love it.

Avenji ja nahin is a great album, the best that i have heard from indian pop after a long time. Rabbi is doing what lucky ali did 10 years ago. Meaningful lyrics, simple but creative guitar accompany it and sung by a passion. My favourite song from the album is Bilqis(Jinhe naaz hain). It is about those people who had fought for a cause. And then he asks a question:
Jinhe naaz hai hind par, woh kahan the?
Jinhe naaz hai, woh kahan hain?
Lyrics (and its translation) can be found at ajn.co.in in music section.



I strongly encourage that you listen to other tracks such as challa and pagri sambhal.

The complete album can be heard here: http://www.fmw11.net/browser/category/view/3917/rabbi---avengi-ja-nahin-(june-2008)