The Sachal Ensemble - Song of Lahore (2016)

Inspired by the film of the same name produced and directed by Andy Schocken and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Song of Lahore is a companion album to the film. Recorded in New York City over the summer of 2015, the Sachal Ensemble provided the traditional sounds of their home in Pakistan, presenting several traditional Folk and even some Pop melodies of the Southeastern subcontinent.

Those songs were then transformed and woven into a larger, wider tapestry, connected to a number of well-known and recognizable classic Pop, Folk, Jazz and Blues songs from the American music canon and sung by many esteemed and successful artists from the Western hemisphere.

The album features such musical luminaries as Wynton Marsalis, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Nels Cline of Wilco, Sean Lennon, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Madeleine Peyroux and acting legend Meryl Streep reading a poem by 4-time Nobel Prize for Literature nominee, Faiz Ahmad Faiz.

Produced by Grammy-winning producer Eli Wolf (Norah Jones, Al Green, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello), Song of Lahore is not a soundtrack, but rather a tribute album to the film, continuing the message that through music, we find light in the darkness.

The Song Of Lahore album is the sound of humanity at work.

Tracklist:
01. Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues) [feat. Wynton Marsalis]
02. Shelter from the Storm (feat. Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks)
03. Yes We Can Can (feat. Bilal)
04. Man in the Mirror (feat. Becca Stevens)
05. Speak (feat. Meryl Streep)
06. (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding [feat. Sean Lennon]
07. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Mai Ni (feat. Madeleine Peyroux)
08. Get Up, Stand Up / Shalamar (feat. Cibo Matto)
09. The Sound of Wonder (Dama Dam Mast Qalander)
10. Love’s in Need of Love Today (feat. Jim James)
11. Laila Lo Laila
12. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (feat. La Marisoul)
13. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) [feat. Seu Jorge]