Coke Studio Season4 will start airing in Pakistan from 22nd May 2011, announces JAL the Band on its Official Fan Page.

Coke Studio, which is highly anticipated musical show, not only in Pakistan but in sub-continent and far behind, is also famous for not leaking any inside news. Fans have been waiting for this great musical show very eagerly and as always no Official statements and information haven’t been provided to anyone. As there were no official confirmations and channels, we were bringing all the news for our readers ourselves.

As per our information: Sajjad Ali, Ataullah Khan Essa Khelvi, Akhtar Channal , Mekaal Hasan Band, Faraz Anwar, Komal Rizvi, Kaavish, Jal Band , Quratulain Balouch, Bilal Khan and some others acts will be the part of this season. Two Indian musicians who are also said to be a part of this season are : Rabbi Shergill and Kailash Kher. (more…)

The classical trained Sufi Singer and ex-lead vocalist of Mekaal Hasan Band – Javed Bashir – has recorded three(3) songs with Indian Composers, reported a Qatar based publication.

Bashir, who recently toured Doha for a couple of sufi oriented events, was welcomed by the Classical Music Listeners. His two back to back performances in Doha Cinema and the Diplomatic Club simply amazed Doha’s audience. In an interview there, Bashir talked about his performance and musical ventures. (more…)

Ex-Vocalist of Mekaal Hasan Band and Eastern Classical trained Javed Bashir has released a solo album called ‘Subrang’ in India. We have just got hands on the album. The album description reads, ‘A soulful album by the famous world renowned Pakistani singer Javed Bashir, includes various genres of music – classical, pop,sufi, & Punjabi Folk’.

Here is the album track list:

01. Na De NA De
02. Naina More
03. Mora Tum Bin
04. Dil Beqarar
05. Aa Jao
06. Kabhi Na kehna
07. Jao ree jao
08. Sun le sadawan
09. Chori Chori
10. Waqt Nachata
11. Mere Hania

We have just compiled some songs for a promotional Album demo, You can check it out and stream below: (more…)

If you haven’t already discovered yet, what we have broken in last few days about the line up of upcoming Season 4 Of Coke Studio. Please take a Quick Tour and read our previous posts:

Komal Rizvi in Coke Studio Season 4

Quratulain Balouch(Q.B) in Coke Studio 4

Sajjad Ali, Faraz Anwar, Jal Band and Ataullah Essa Khelvi in Coke Studio 4

Today’s post is about the possibility of the inclusion of Mekaal Hasan or his whole band in Coke Studio’s Upcoming Season 4.

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9th Lux Style Awards, Music Winners List

Mekaal Hasan Band sweeps the music category in the 9th Lux Style Awards with 3 awards for the Best Singer, Best Artist and for the Best Video Director and Rohail Hyatt won an award for the Best Producer for the Coke Studio Sessions.

* BEST ARTIST:

Mekaal Hasan Band for Saptak

Others nominated in this category:
Maryam Kizilbash
Overload for Pichal Pairee
Rahim Shah
Shiraz Uppal

* SINGER OF THE YEAR:

Javed Bashir for Chal Bulleya by Mekaal Hasan Band from Saptak

Others nominated in this category:
Zain ul Abideen
Imran Khan
Rahim Shah
Shiraz Uppal

* BEST MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR:

Bilal Lashari for Chal Bulleya by Mekaal Hasan Band

Others nominated in this category:
Ahsan Rahim
Farhad Humayun for Mela Kariyay by Overload
Sohail Javed
Zeeshan Parwez

* BEST MUSIC PRODUCER:

Rohail Hyatt for the Coke Studio Sessions

Others nominated in this category:
Mekaal Hassan for Saptak
Farhad Humayun for Pichal Pairee, Overload
Shiraz Uppal for Ankahi
Shani and Kami for Rahim Shah

The Pakistan America Peace Through Music Project is a Musical Journey to Peace, Freedom and Understanding (A Collaboration of The Sonic Peace Makers and SHINE HUMANITY)

Background:

Mention Pakistan today and what comes to the minds of most Americans is terrorism, poverty, and hopelessness. That’s all they see in the news. But Pakistan also has one of The World’s most diverse and rich cultures, equaled only by its spectacular natural beauty as home to part of Kashmir, the Khyber Pass and high mountain peaks like K2. Once upon a time in the not so distant past, Texan gun enthusiasts brought their prized antique revolvers to Peshawar’s gun smiths to make copies, actor Robert DeNiro posed for pictures with restaurant owners while vacationing in Chitral, and Mick Jagger tested his dance skills with Lahore’s most well-known Mujra dancers. And many of Pakistan’s greatest musicians and singers like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan regularly collaborated with their counterparts in Europe and America such as Peter Gabriel and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder. (more…)

So the line-up has changed and the news is confirmed, Javed Bashir departs from Mekaal Hasan Band and Asad Abbas – the first Pakistan Sangeet Icon Winner – joins the band as a new vocalist.

It was updated yesterday on the Offical Fan Page of MHB:

Catch MHB live with Asad Abbas tonight on FM 91 from 8pm to 10pm (PST)

Till that time, there was a confusion whether they are featuring any song or etc. But today’s update at the fan page has announced the decision clearly.

Asad Abbas has been selected as the new lead singer for Mekaal Hasan Band! Catch him live on the Moring show on Express News at 8 am on 5th March with Mhb!

There were already rumors surrounding about it but nothing was certain, this announcement by the band has given a “Shock” to the fans and many are not ready to accept this change.

Well, we have seen many break-ups and departures , there are examples of AAROH & FUZON as well. We hope that this will bring some new innovation & dimension to the band’s music, but It must be a positive one and not destructive(and we are sure It won’t)

We – the Team PakiUM – wish Javed Bashir for his solo projects & also to Asad Abbas for his new venture with MHB and also looking forward to this situation very optimistically.

Here are some of the live performances videos by Asad Abbas:

Sanwal

Rabba

These Exclusive Photos are taken by

“Zeeshan Haider“  ( www.zeeshanhaider.net )