Alif Allah, Jugni, Arif Lohar & Meesha, Coke Studio, Season 3
Dum ghutkoon jugni ji, singer Arif Lohar and Meesha Shafi, and you can't help but tap your feet. Long after listening to the song, you inadvertently hum bits and parts of it. Coke Studios spectacular collaboration this year, coupling Arif Lohars larger than life folk singing with Meesha Shafis powerhouse vocals, is unarguably one of this years most popular songs. The music, in true Coke Studio tradition, is ethnic yet modern, classic folk yet funk with Arif Lohars traditional chimta (tongs) chiming companionably alongside Gumbys reverberating drums.
Then again, the music in Coke Studio is always great what with some of Pakistans most prolific musicians included in the house band. What makes Alif Allah really work is the unlikely pairing of Meesha and Arif. The two vocalists are worlds apart, from their backgrounds to their singing styles to their career graphs. He is the descendant of folk singer Alam Lohar and considers it his duty to continue his familys legacy. Arif has the looks of the quintessential Lollywood hero, a penchant for vividly colored dhotis and kurtas and aside from his musical career, has starred in about 45 Punjabi movies. He has the candor of a jovial Punjabi munda but once he begins to perform, his inimitable style leaves you spellbound. The deep timbre of his voice is famous; with its precipitous highs and gentle lows, accompanied always with the skilful clanking of the chimta and a shake now and then of his curly locks. Folk musicians are born, they canot be trained, he says. These lok geet and the messages they impart are part of my heritage.
Watch it out......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjaH2iuoYWE&feature=related
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