The genre-crossing songwriter’s introspective “Vulture Prince” was a pandemic hit. Now she is returning with “Night Reign,” an LP that reveals her many dimensions. By Sam Sodomsky In a remote studio ...

While her previous album, “Vulture Prince,” garnered her mountains of rapturous press as well as the Grammy, its dark, hushed moods and melancholy melodies became all the more vivid when the listener ...

Arooj Aftab is set to release Night Reign, the follow up to her critically acclaimed album Vulture Prince, on May 31, 2024. Ahead of the release, she shares “Raat Ki Rani,” the album’s debut single ...

After that breakthrough, Ms. Aftab’s next project was the excellent 2023 album “Love in Exile,” a collaboration with jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily.

W e are doing stuff that is indicative of fun,” Arooj Aftab says, quite seriously, in the flat staccato cadence of a test proctor. The Pakistani-born, Berklee-trained, Brooklyn-based musician is ...

The Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab dedicated her most recent album to spaces that don’t exist anymore. Blending together traditional Sufi Muslim and Hidustani classical sounds with folk, jazz and ...

Arooj Aftab released one of our favorite albums of 2024, Night Reign, an record that found her widening her scope to incorporate elements of pop. R&B, dub, hip hop, and more. You can listen below. She ...

Night Reign is the follow up to Aftab’s critically acclaimed label debut Vulture Prince. To commemorate the single release, today Aftab is the featured artist on Apple Music’s New Music Daily. Last ...

This week on Bullseye, we talk to Grammy-winning songwriter, composer, and musician: Arooj Aftab. When she was 18, Arooj Aftab was living with her parents in Lahore, Pakistan. She recorded a bare ...

Every Friday, The FADER's writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Arooj Aftab's Night Reign, King Hannah's Big Swimmer, Thou's Umbilical, and ...

Arooj Aftab followed 2021’s fantastic Vulture Prince with a gorgeous collaborative album with Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile, back in March. It’s been showing up on year end lists, and ...

When actress Tessa Thompson met musician Arooj Aftab in London last summer, she felt like they were long-lost sisters. “I honestly can’t remember not listening to Arooj. Can’t be sure how she first ...