YouTube is no longer just a medium where artists can share their content with the rest of the world. It is also a barometer of gauging public opinion. The latest example is Coke Studio. This season, YouTube is overloaded with Coke Studio content (despite an official website) and the two songs that have garnered enormous […]
What if … Junaid Khan of Call joins EP instead while Xulfi flies solo Not that we don’t appreciate Call but since their days of Bollywood, the aggression and the passion that made the rock band and its lead singer Junaid Khan stand out from their first single, ‘Nishaan’ has all but disappeared.
Country’s internal turmoil is feeding underground music scene and popular guitar school Declan Walsh in Lahore guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 1 September 2009 22.29 BST Article history Wannabe rock stars have it tough in Pakistan. Last month a new band, Poor Rich Boy (and the toothless winos), took to the stage of a cramped Islamabad cafe for […]
By the day of the event many variations of the I don’t give a flying funk concert were coined — what the funk, funk it, funk the night. Ignoring the fact that the moniker was a bit of a misnomer, the musicians in the backing band showed that they had the funk in them. In […]
Atif Aslam has been given a new lease on stardom with his spiritual song for Ramadan. He talks to Instep about the new song and falling over at concerts. Instep: One minute it’s Coke Studio and the next you’re in a Ramadan advertisement with Dawud Wharnsby. From rock to religious anthems, how do you balance […]
The people don’t give a flying funk… but the band did! Gumby, Omran Shafique and gang gather for a raw and wired jam session… Khaver Siddiqi Karachi Once upon a time, jam sessions were all the rage. It was when The Munchkins led the pack and gigs happened almost every weekend. Those were quite the […]
As the second season of Coke Studio has wrapped up, new versions of originals and fusion tunes weren’t the only things that happened on the floor. Pakistan’s current reigning pop star Atif Aslam debuted a new tune this season, ‘Humein Kya Hua Hai’. Aggressive, volatile and honest, it is one of those tunes that actually […]
In a month or so Coke Studio went through quite a few troughs and peaks. There were highs and lows. Let’s first shower profuse praise on the delectable duo of Zeb and Haniya. Their song, Rona Chhor Diya (yes use double ‘h’ you burgers) with Javed Bashir chipping in with his jugalbandi kind of a […]
Pakistan’s drummer par extraordinaire – John Louis ‘Gumby’ Pinto – has been one of Pakistan’s most renowned musicians for decades now. Gumby, who has played with almost every musical act in Pakistan, from Vital Signs and Junoon to Noori and the Mekaal Hasan Band and the past two seasons of Coke Studio, has emerged as […]
In an exclusive conversation with Instep Today, Noori take us insidethe songs they belted out at Coke Studio that have changed Noori’s perception to fans, critics and the industry at large… Maheen Sabeeh Karachi “More than being a musical performance, ‘Aik Alif’ was an internal/spiritual journey for the musicians involved.” – Ali Noor “Saeen was […]
