Coke Studio Season 8 to start from 16 August

The 8^th Season of the Coke Studio that is regarded as the one of the best Pakistani music television series is starting from August 16 of the running year. It focuses on a fusion of the diverse musical influences in Pakistan that mainly includes: classical, folk, qawwali, sufi, bhangra, hip-hop, rock and pop music of various genres, regions and languages to collaborate musically in the live studio recording sessions.

After the launch of the first season, Coke Studio has become an International franchise now. Following the success of Coke Studio in Pakistan, it also has been launched in India and Middle East by the name of Coke Studio India and Coke Studio Bel 3arabi respectively.

The month of August every year stimulates each and every nationalist to recall the red-letter day when our ancestors made history in getting a separate land Pakistan. As it becomes a priority for print as well as electronic media to give a maximum coverage to the stuff comprising of elements related to Independence Day, all the artist plan to come with unique work.

This time, it is much awaited and highly anticipated Coke Studio’s time that has released a teaser for its upcoming Season 8 starting from 16^th August 2015.

The aspect that makes this teaser special is that it highlights all the singers across the country who will be showing their art in the upcoming season. The 2 minute teaser shows the singers paying homage to Sohail Rana & Masroor Anwar by singing the famous ‘Sohni Dharti’.

Here is the list of performers released earlier:

1. Farida Khanum
2. Ali Azmat
3. Ali Haider
4. Ali Sethi
5. Ali Zafar
6. Alycia Dias
7. Arif Lohar
8. Asim Azhar
9. Atif Aslam
10. Bakshi Brothers
11. Fizza Javed
12. Gul Panrra
13. Kaavish
14. Karam Abbas
15. Mai Dhai
16. Malang Party
17. Mekaal Hassan Band
18. Mulazim Hussain
19. Nabeel Shaukat
20. Nafees Ahmed
21. Quratulain Balouch
22. Rizwan & Muazam
23. Samra Khan,
24. Sara Haider
25. Sara Raza
26. Shazia Manzoor
27. Siege
28. Surriya Khanum
29. Umair Jaswal
30. Ustad Hamid Ali Khan
31. Anwar Maqsood.

Coke Studio Season 8 Promo (Video):

https://vimeo.com/135144317

Sohni Dharti by Coke Studio Artists

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x30b3fi_sohni-dharti-allah-rakhy-by-coke-studio_music

CokeStudio Season 8 Promo from Coke Studio on Vimeo.