The second season of the Pakistani music television series Coke Studio Pakistan commenced airing on 14 June 2009 and ended on 14 August 2009 on Independence Day. The second series of Coke Studio included notable differences from the first series, including the fact that the live audiences were excluded. The series also ran for longer, this time there were five episodes in total and in each episode there were five or more performances by the featuring artists. Rohail Hyatt returned as the executive producer along with Umber Hyatt as the producer of the show.
Artists Vocalists The second season featured Ali Zafar and Strings performing for the second time at Coke Studio as they were also part of the first season.
Ali Zafar Arieb Azhar Atif Aslam Javed Bashir Josh Noori Riaz Ali Khan Saieen Zahoor Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan Strings Zeb and Haniya
Musicians Season 2 saw an increase in the number of musicians in the house band.
House Band Dholak: Sikander Inam Drums: Louis 'Gumby' Pinto Bass Guitar: Kamran Zafar Guitar: Asad Ahmed and Omran 'Momo' Shafique Keyboard: Jaffer Ali Zaidi Violin: Javed Iqbal Percussions: Babar Khanna, Waris 'Baloo' Ali and Zulfiq 'Shazee' Ahmed Khan
Guest Musicians Flute: Baqir Abbas Sarangi: Gul Mohammad Tabla: Gupreet Channa Sitar: Rakae Jamil Rubab: Sadiq Sameer
Backing Vocals Natasha De Sousa Saba Shabbir
Episodes The second season began on 14 June 2009 and ended on the Independence Day of Pakistan, 14 August. Each episode was given an individual title and the episode titles were: Individuality, Harmony, Equality, Spirit and Unity respectively.
No. Overall#Song(s) TitleArtist(s)Lyricist(s)Language(s)Original air dateEpisode 1 - Individuality51Aik AlifSaieen Zahoor & NooriBulleh ShahPunjabi14 June 20092Aj Latha NaeeoJaved BashirNusrat Fateh Ali KhanPunjabi3Jal PariAtif AslamAtif AslamUrdu4KhamaajShafqat Amanat Ali KhanKhamajBraj5PaimonaZeb and HaniyaOmar KhayyamPersianEpisode 2 - Harmony66Aankhon Kay SagarShafqat Amanat Ali KhanShafqat Amanat Ali KhanUrdu28 June 20097DastaanAli ZafarAli Zafar, Bulleh ShahUrdu8Janay DoJoshJoshUrdu9KinaraAtif Aslam & Riaz Ali KhanAtif Aslam & Riaz Ali KhanPunjabi & Urdu10ToombaSaieen ZahoorSaieen ZahoorPunjabiEpisode 3 - Equality711Bari BarsiJoshFolkPunjabi12 July 200912Chal DiyayZeb and Haniya & Javed BashirHaniya AslamUrdu13Jo MerayNooriNooriUrdu14Wasta Pyar DaAtif AslamNusrat Fateh Ali KhanPunjabi & Urdu15Yaar DaddiAli ZafarUstaad Muhammad JumanSeraikiEpisode 4 - Spirit816BulleyaRiaz Ali KhanFolkPunjabi26 July 200917ChupZeb and HaniyaZeb and HaniyaUrdu18Mahi VeJosh & Shafqat Amanat Ali KhanJoshPunjabi19Mai NeAtif AslamFolkPunjabi20Saari RaatNooriNooriUrduEpisode 5 - Unity921Humain Kya HuaAtif AslamAtif AslamUrdu14 August 200922Husn-e-HaqiqiArieb AzharKhwaja Ghulam FaridPunjabi & Urdu23KedaarNooriNooriUrdu24Kuch Ajab KhailShafqat Amanat Ali KhanBraj25Nahi Ray NahiAli ZafarAli ZafarUrdu26Rona Chor DiaZeb and Haniya & Javed BashirZeb and HaniyaUrdu27TitliyanStringsStringsUrdu
Coke Studio Special Coke Studio Special is part of the Coke Studio video web blog series which included special features such as unreleased performances from the second season of the show. The first video blog was released on 15 January 2010 and the last video blog was released on 16 May 2010, on the YouTube channel of the show.
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