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The Evolution of Coke Studio Pakistan

Post author By Ahmad Uzair
Post date July 2, 2012
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Coke Studio is one of the biggest musical phenomenon of the past decade and five years on, it is still successfully running and much appreciated by a wide audience all across the globe. It all started in 2008 when Rohail Hyatt of Vital Signs fame came up with his brain child and an idea that instantly clicked. Although the first season was quite a big hit and introduced a new dimension to the local music scene, but many people were still not really aware of this project and it took some time for them to digest it.

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Ali Zafar, Roxen & Saieen Zahoor at Royal Palm, Lahore – 10th March (Concert Pictures)

Post author By Faiz
Post date March 12, 2012
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Ali Zafar at Royal Palm, Lahore - 10 March (5) — Click on the Image to View Gallery

Ali Zafar, Saieen Zahoor and Roxen performing live at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club in Lahore on the 10th of March, 2012. The concert was organised by JBnJaws Productions. Check out the gallery below for the concert photos.

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Ghoom Tana Mash-up of Shubha Mudgal & Noori Will Be On Junoon-20th Anniversary Album

Post author By Faiz
Post date September 21, 2011
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Junoon-20th Anniversary Album to feature a mash-up of “Ghoom Tana“, which is undoubtedly one of the best Junoon songs ever produced. As most of you may already know that there are two versions of the same song. It was originally sung jointly by Ali Noor (Noori) with Ali Azmat and Salman Ahmad and was included in Junoon’s seventh studio album “Dewaar”. The other version off Salman Ahmad’s 2005 debut solo album, “Infiniti” featured Indian singer Shubha Mudgal.

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Shoaib Mansoor To Write Lyrics For Junoon 20th Anniversary Album

Post author By Faiz
Post date August 11, 2011
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Legendary film-maker and story teller, Shoaib Mansoor who has also been a successful songwriter and music composer will for the first time write lyrics for Junoon.

Besides being a mentor to Vital Signs and Junaid Jamshed, Shoaib Mansoor has written, composed and produced most of the Vital Signs’ songs. He wrote and composed many of their hit numbers such as Dil Dil Pakistan and Aitebar. He also wrote the lyrics for his debut film “Khuda Kay Liye” and his recently released film “Bol“.

Salman Ahmad, the lead guitarist and founder of Junoon is working on putting together a 20th anniversary box-set (1991-2011), which will feature some of Junoon’s popular old songs as well as some new ones.

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Brian O’ Connell To Perform With Salman Ahmad To Celebrate Junoon’s 20th Anniversary

Post author By Faiz
Post date August 10, 2011
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As some of you who have seen, lived and breathed the Junooni roller-coaster ride, might be aware that Junoon‘s 20 year journey began with the release of their self titled first album on September 30, 1991.

To celebrate this long journey, Salman Ahmad will be reuniting with his high school friend and Junoon’s ex bassist and producer Brian O’ Connell. Brian will be performing with Salman on the 20th anniversary celebration concert at the Asia society on September 24th in New York.

Salman is also working on putting together a 20th anniversary box-set (1991-2011), which will chronicle the entire history of Junoon. The box-set will feature the best Junoon tracks

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Saieen Zahoor Live in Mississauga – An Unforgettable & Astonishing Experience

Post author By Guest Author
Post date July 20, 2011
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The following is a guest post written by Nazeeha Khokhar (commonly known as Atiffan1), a Canadian Pakistani who has never been to Pakistan yet the number of Pakistani songs in her iPod outnumbers the number of other international songs.

Me (Nazeeha): I really wanna go see this singer live!
Indian Friend: Which singer?
Me: Uhmmm, I don’t think you know him, he’s this Pakistani singer, he’s an old man.
Indian Friend: Rahat?
Me: No! Do you know about Coke Studio?
Indian Friend: No.
Me: Okay then you don’t know him.

I knew nothing about him, I had only seen him perform in Coke Studio yet I was so excited to see him perform live in front of my eyes. I was overjoyed when my friend said that I could meet him and get a picture with him. He wore a kussa, a fancy kurta, mehndi on his fingernails, some funky jewelry and heavy kaajal in his eyes.

Tags Aik Alif, Aja Yaar, Allah Hoo, Allah Hu, Atif Aslam, Coke Studio, Saieen Zahoor

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Standard Chartered Priority Night in Karachi [Pictures]

Post author By Faiz
Post date March 26, 2011
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Event featured Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, Arif Lohar & Saieen Zahoor. Read event’s live blog here.

Photography courtesy: Muhammad Owais, Faisal Farooqui & Haris

Arif Lohar, Saieen Zahoor, Atif Aslam & Ali Zafar at Mohatta Palace - 25th March, 2011 — Click on the photo to see all photos

Tags Ali Zafar, Arif Lohar, Atif Aslam, Saieen Zahoor, Standard Chartered Priority Night, Standard Chartered Priority Night in Karachi

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Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, Arif Lohar, Saeen Zahoor and Sanam Marvi to Perform Together

Post author By Hamad Dar
Post date March 15, 2011
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Have you ever wished to see Coke Studio sessions live at the set? or anything that’s just close enough? Well, now you can, sort of. Five of the featured artists from the Coke Studio sessions will be collaborating and performing together on a folk/classical musical night with a 22-piece orchestra from across Pakistan. Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, Arif Lohar, Saieen Zahoor and Sanam Marvi will be soon playing at Standard Chartered Priority Night.

Tags Ali Zafar, Arif Lohar, Atif Aslam, Coke Studio, Saieen Zahoor, Sanam Marvi, Standard Chartered Priority Night

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Saieen Zahoor at Kuch Khaas, 13 Feb 2011 (Concert Pictures)

Post author By Faiz
Post date February 14, 2011
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Photos credit: Hassan Shah Gilan

Saieen Zahoor live at Kuch Khaas, Islamabad (13th Feb, 2011)

Saieen Zahoor at Kuch Khaas, Islamabad, 13 Feb 2011 (1) — Click on the Photo to see all Photos

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3 Pakistani Songs Featured in British Film ‘West Is West’

Post author By Faiz
Post date October 16, 2010
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“West Is West” is a 2010 British comedy drama film, which is a sequel to the 1999 film “East Is East”. Its predecessor East is East won on the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the BAFTA Awards.

The story of the film has been written by Ayub Khan Din who is the son of a British Pakistani. It is set in a British household of mixed-ethnicity, with a Pakistani father and an English mother in Salford, Greater Manchester, and revolves around George Khan (played by Om Puri), the father is worried that his youngest son is turning his back on his Pakistani heritage, and decides to take him for a vist to Pakistan.

The soundtrack of the film features three Pakistani songs, one performed by the Pakistani playback singer Naheed Akhtar and the other two are from the second season of Coke Studio. See Details Below:

Tags Aik Alif, Coke Studio, Coke studio season 2, Naheed Akhtar, Nahid Akhtar, Noori, Saieen Zahoor, Toomba, West Is West