Lanny Cordola: Waxing lyrical about peace
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Lanny Cordola: Waxing lyrical about peace
Lanny Cordola, Todd Shea and Atif Aslam recorded a song and video in
Swat. PHOTO: PUBLICITY
KARACHI: Inspired by reading Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea,
musician Lanny Cordola is in Pakistan to spread a message of love and
peace.
After being introduced by Mark LeVine (author of Heavy Metal Islam: Rock,
Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam) to Todd Shea, a social
worker and musician who is currently based in Pakistan, Cordola spent
time researching Pakistan and met inspiring people that made him feel
like "all the pieces had come together”. A self confessed fan of Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan and sufi music, Cordola wants to create great music by
working with Pakistani musicians.
The initiative is called ‘The Pakistan America Peace through Music Project’
and will feature Pakistani and American musicians working together on
songs that will be recorded in Pakistan and the US.
Cordola waxed lyrical about peace and love and harmony; a concept he
says he was first influenced from by looking at musicians such as The
Beatles and Bob Marley who worked on the same lines.
"A number of musicians are involved,” he says. "We’re going to be
recording with Mekaal Hasan for example. The project is a grand finale …
there are so many incredible Pakistanis I’ve met and we want to build
incredible ties.”
Cordola has been travelling through the country. He stopped in Swat
during his trip to record a song with Atif Aslam that Shea had written, and
has been meeting musicians in Karachi, including the indie rock band
Mole – who he says have "enormous potential”.
When asked whether musicians can do more to raise awareness about the
flood relief campaign, Cordola says "There are so many people doing
great things, but we can do better. It is paramount that we help those in
need, to build peace, to help those who are dispossessed and sick. It is
important to forge intimate relationships with people. I was in Islamabad
and we met these two very religious men who didn’t think music was
right and I explained to them what we’re doing. At the end of the
dialogue, one of them said, ‘well feed our children first, then play music.’
So it’s important to talk to people.”
"I want this to be a long term effort,” Cordola tells The Express Tribune
when talking about the initiative.
Cordola, who met Atif Aslam in Los Angeles, raves about the pop star.
"I couldn’t be more grateful to him. As a friend and as a musician… we
have these long conversations about history and music and when we
played together we had great chemistry.”
"All of this is for the kids,” he says, recalling his trip to Swat. "If we can
open our hearts, minds and souls, music can express everything.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 9th, 2010.
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