"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Arooj Aftab is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Arooj Aftab is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth watching. Arooj Aftab concert reviews describe live shows and performances as enchanting, breathtaking, ambient, and mesmerising.
ON TOUR
HERE Arts Center, New York, United States (Jan 15); The Crocodile, Seattle, WA, United States (Jan 21); Aladdin Theater, Portland, Oregon, United States (Jan 22); Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York, United States (Mar 3); Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, United States (Mar 27); multiple venues, The Hague, Netherlands (Apr 3); Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy (Apr 14)
Born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, AROOJ AFTAB came to prominence in Pakistan in the early 2000s when she developed a style that combines Sufi-mystical poetry with the spirit of independent rock.
Has Performed With
Critic Concert Reviews
The Guardian (UK)
July 13, 2024
100
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Arooj Aftab – crackling wit and songs of elegiac beauty
The Old Church Concert Hall
Portland, OR 02/19/2022
Could Arooj Aftab be the perfect show to quell indoor concert-reentry nervousness? For those of us still learning how to be around people again, the Pakistan-born musician’s songs, tinged with sadness and longing, could very well serve both as a soundtrack to these
Flanked by just bass and harp, the Grammy-nominated, Brooklyn-based Pakistani artist Arooj Aftab wows Leeds with a pared-down account of her latest album – and its standout track, beloved of Barack Obama
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