Sat, Oct 18, 2014
Episode 5 marks the debut of Jawad Ahmad in Coke Studio who perform "Mitti Da Palwaan", a song which mocks humanity's obsessions with its own facile creations, and reminds it of how life is transitory. Jimmy Khan performs "Pehla Pyar", the first song he ever wrote in Urdu. Niazi Brothers perform "Kheriyaan de Naal". The Coke Studio version of "Kheriyaan De Naal" captures the wistfully defeated melancholia of Heer's refrain, with the tabla anchoring the musical arrangement, as the flute makes our pain for Heer take flight. The songs ends with the flute racing across a gasping percussion and a piano driven hope, evoking the spirit of Heer soaring above the confines of society for dreams never lived nor passions actualized. Last track of the episode, an epic rendition of a Sufi kalam. is "Mujhe Baar Baar" by Abbas Ali Khan. The song speaks out against the rigid notions of orthodoxy, and the idea of compulsion in faith. The poet speaks of the untainted, transcendental nature of his faith which is based in unconditional love of the Almighty.
Sat, Nov 15, 2014
Episode includes four tracks. Abida Parveen and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan perform "Chaap Tilak", while Zoheb Hassan and Zoe Viccaji pay tribute to Nazia Hassan by performing "Jana". Jeved Bashir performs "Yaad", while Usman Riaz mesmerizes with another instrumental "Descent to the Ocean Floor".