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Coke Studio Pakistan Brings to Life Poetry of Iqbal

REGIONAL
August 13 The first episode of the Coke Studio Pakistan is out and it features Natasha Baig with the famous, Qawwals Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad and brothers, performing the famous poet, Allama Iqbal's- 'Shikwa/Jawab-e-Shikwa'. According to Coke Studio, this "unique rendition explores the genre of rock and the signature sound of qawwali in [a] one of a kind track." We will not spend much time on the Iqbal's Shikwa but would like to linger more over its answer, Jawab-e-Shikwa, in which Iqbal imagines the voice of God answering the lamenter’s complaint. Some of the most moving lines of the poem include: “We are inclined to mercy, but there is no one to implore Whom can we show the way? There is no wayfarer to the destintion Jewel polishing is common but there is no proper j...

Kashmiri Folk in Coke Studio Pakistan

INTERNATIONAL
July 04 Zafar Dar The biggest and leading music platform of Pakistan officially launched the brand new module , Coke Studio Explorer with the release of its first song ‘Pareek’ featuring a Kalash-based duo friends Ariana and Amrina. Coke Studio Explorer is produced by Ali Hamza and Zohaib Kazi, In this Season they use music as a medium to narrate human stories and establish the Pakistani identity on the World map. This Season has 5 episodes From 3 July To 11 July. A kashmiri folk song “HA GULO” will be performed in Coke studio Pakistan by a famous Kashmiri musician Altaf Ahmad Mir and his associates 'QASAMIR.' Altaf Mir, a singer from muzzafarabad Pakistan Administered Kashmir conveys his deeply emotional aura and transports you to his home ground through his music. In...