Abida Parveen Live in Royal Rodale (Concert Pictures)

Check out below some exclusive pictures from the event: ‘Abida Parveen Live at Royal Rodale‘ :

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*NOTE: This post is the predecessor of Revisiting Coke Studio Season One and Revisiting Coke Studio Seaon Two.*

Disclaimer: This series only highlights the performances that are given in the previous Coke Studio seasons, it is CERTAINLY NOT a TOP 10 LIST or the best of the best produced by PakiUM. PakiUM may or may not agree with the order of songs reviewed in this post.

As of today, Coke Studio has aired three successful seasons, and today we are going to take you back to the third and the last year season:

Coke Studio – Season Three:

The third installment of Coke Studio was aired in between the summers of June and August 2010. Five episodes were aired in the third season and they were entitled Reason, Will, Conception, Form and Realisation. It mainly focused on the Sufism and the artists that performed in this season are: (more…)

Arooj Aftab is the second Pakistani after Mekaal Hasan, who studied in Berklee School Of  Music on a Steve Vai Scholarship. She is an acclaimed Sufi Musician, Vocalist and Songwriter and has paid tribute to Sufi Legends like Abida Parveen and Reshma.

The famous western musician Steve Vai has said about Arooj: “A girl like this, with drive and ability and goals, she’s going to inspire a lot of people. That’s how you get evolution.”

I am sharing here today his latest new live performance, and wondering If she should be part of Coke Studio Season 4 or not ? would definitely like to hear from you as some/many people also call this artist ‘over-rated’. What do you say ? Over-rated or under-rated ? Is she really a Coke Studio material ? or I have lost my mind today.

Enjoy the performance now: *not easy stuff to digest* (more…)

Some of the most cherished songs in Pakistan’s musical history have come from Abida Parveen, ghazal and kalam singer – who really does not need an introduction. Abida’s music has touched the lives of many and she is famous the world over. Yet she will still not hop aboard the bandwagon that is Bollywood music.

“The taste and touch of Sufi music started coming in Bollywood through my song ‘Thaiyyan Thaiyyan’, which was converted into ‘Chaiyyan Chaiyyan’ (Dil Se),” Abida says, “then it started spreading and many films started having songs with a Sufi touch. Today it has become really popular in Bollywood, which is a good thing. These songs keep love and humanity intact. That’s why these songs connect with people and touch souls.” (more…)

Photography By Khaula Jamil

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Coke Studio : Abida Parveen Ramooz e Ishq (Download Audio)

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