The Gharaana Show

Part 3 of an insightful conversation with Meesha Shafi. Meesha Shafi is a Pakistani-born Canadian singer, actress, and model known for her feminist views and blending contemporary and traditional sounds. Shafi has won numerous awards, including the 2012 "Pride of Performance" national award.

Rakae Rehman Jamil is a musician, music producer and a lecturer based in Lahore, Pakistan. He acquired his B.A degree in Musicology from the National College of Arts in Lahore, and his Masters' degree in the Humanities from the University of Chicago, USA with a concentration in Ethnomusicology. He is an Assistant Professor of the Musicology Department at the National College of Arts in Lahore. He has worked as a guest artist in Coke Studio season 2, and as a member of the post-production team assuming the role of an audio engineer in Coke Studio Season 11, as well as being a guest artist Haniya Aslam's song "Mein Irada" as a Surbahar player, and one of the lead artists in which his band “Mughal-e-Funk” was featured with their original instrumental, "Aurangzeb".

Hamza Jafri, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer from Lahore's co-VEN - a seminal band of Pakistan's rock scene.

Part 3 of a wonderful converstion with Mekal Hasan. Mekaal Hasan is a Pakistani musician known for his recorded and live performances with the Mekaal Hasan Band and for his recording, audio mixing and production abilities which have seen him work with leading contemporary local and international artists.

Rakae Rehman Jamil is a musician, music producer and a lecturer based in Lahore, Pakistan. He acquired his B.A degree in Musicology from the National College of Arts in Lahore, and his Masters' degree in the Humanities from the University of Chicago, USA with a concentration in Ethnomusicology. He is an Assistant Professor of the Musicology Department at the National College of Arts in Lahore. He has worked as a guest artist in Coke Studio season 2, and as a member of the post-production team assuming the role of an audio engineer in Coke Studio Season 11, as well as being a guest artist Haniya Aslam's song "Mein Irada" as a Surbahar player, and one of the lead artists in which his band “Mughal-e-Funk” was featured with their original instrumental, "Aurangzeb". 

Part 2 of an insightful conversation with Meesha Shafi. Meesha Shafi is a Pakistani-born Canadian singer, actress, and model known for her feminist views and blending contemporary and traditional sounds. Shafi has won numerous awards, including the 2012 "Pride of Performance" national award.

Meesha Shafi is a Pakistani-born Canadian singer, actress, and model known for her feminist views and blending contemporary and traditional sounds. Shafi has won numerous awards, including the 2012 "Pride of Performance" national award.

Mekaal Hasan is a Pakistani musician known for his recorded and live performances with the Mekaal Hasan Band and for his recording, audio mixing and production abilities which have seen him work with leading contemporary local and international artists.

Mekaal Hasan is a Pakistani musician known for his recorded and live performances with the Mekaal Hasan Band and for his recording, audio mixing and production abilities which have seen him work with leading contemporary local and international artists.

Hassan & Roshaan is a Pakistani Pop songwriting duo based in Lahore, Pakistan.Their music style can be described as “contemporary subcontinental”: a unique combination of Eastern sounds and melodies coupled with electronically charged production inspired by Western Pop and R&B.

Black Letters is an alternative rock quartet from Bangalore, India. They blend sounds from various forms of rock, electronic music, and semi-classical Indian music. They have released multiple albums and have a strong presence in the Indian indie music scene.

AJ Abdullah is a rising star in the lo-fi pop scene. And for a good reason. His lyricism and melodic style is absolutely captivating.

Sanjana illustrates universal emotions, cultivating a refuge for herlisteners with an intimate blend ofsoulful vocals, indie-pop sincerity and alternative-influenced songwriting. She draws out theromantic from the mundane, divulging the vulnerabilities of everyday life that we all face but don’talways explore, from anxiety to platonic love to the importance of gratitude in young adulthood.Growing up between India and California and originally trained in Indian classical music, Sanjanabegan writing music as a young teenager. Today, she unites disparate worlds and soundscapes withfinesse, having surpassed 1.7 million global streams, signed a sync deal with a Top 3 TV studio, led asuccessful merch campaign and connected with listeners through performances across the US.