coke studio

Thanks Devina for directing me to coke studio.  And you are absolutely right,  the Pakistani version is much better than the Indian.  From what I understand the Pakistani v. was the original and its success spawned the Indian v. If any of you don’t know it, it is a fusion program, folk, rock, classical mixed together.   It can be viewed on Youtube.  What makes the Pakistani version so vibrant,  and the Indian so dull?  I have to admit to not having seen many of the Indian shows so am not really qualified to judge.  Leslie Lewis though is in charge of the Indian show and I never liked his music with Colonial Cousins (with the wonderful Hariharan).  Richa Sharma is not one of my favorite singers.  I didn’t see Rashid Khan do anything outside of his box (except imitate that fantastic singer from Pakistan whose name I cannot remember).  Could it be soul?  Either you have it or you don’t and if you have to ask, you ain’t got it  (paraphrasing a  quote from some soulman).