Coke Studio Roots @The Peninsula Studios
Real People, Real Music, The Real Thing
Discovering the Peninsula
In our flagship program, we travel to small villages and towns to discover the folk music of our lands. We have met over 2,000 musicians from challenged backgrounds and carried out over 1000 field recordings. Out of which, 80 musicians attended our Artist in Residence program.
Discovering the Peninsula is an idea dedicated to discovering, nurturing, and reviving folk music by the hidden musical talent in the country from the grass-root levels. There is a story behind their music, poetry, compositions, monuments, and food, all of which come alive in the songs they sing for us.
Did you know a Nawab Sahab in Punjab, created beautiful tombs for his court musicians in Nakodar?
Bulleh Shah, Baba Farid, Shah Hussain from Punjab, Lalon Fakir from Kushtia Bangladesh, Vallabhacharya from Guntur, Narsinh Mehta from Gujarat, Jayadeva from Orissa, and many more saints and poets are featured in this program.
Our folk musicians are mentored to give off their best, as their music gets recorded, filmed, and taken to a wider audience. Many of them get more shows and recording opportunities as their work created with us gets popular. One even got a scholarship to Canada to study music.
#MusicChangesLives | Discover the Peninsula
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Rangley Punjabis @The Peninsula Studios - Punjab
Mast Qalandars @The Peninsula Studios - Rajasthan
Coke Studio
Coke Studio Roots @The Peninsula Studios is perhaps the most audacious program that unearthed the finest music and musicians from deep inside the hinterland of India. The story is about great music from our lands, sung by simple, happy men and women who have given their best while being recorded live.
Over 100 field recordings | 1800 km of travel | 9 months of production | 24 Coke Studio Roots artists | 10 great music videos and documentaries rooted in Punjab was the result of this effort
This team formed our Artists in Residence program. An authentic, grueling and robust process created some classic music. These gifted artists sent in their recordings for scholarships and admissions to music schools here and overseas. This provides more opportunities to record, perform, showcase their talent. The program helped change lives and present our great heritage to audiences across cultures and boundaries. Listen to musicians from Maler Kotla, Nakodar, Bhatinda, and Patiala in this exciting production.
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#MusicChangesLives | Discover the Peninsula
Mast Qalandars
This world-class album from The Peninsula Studios received a national award for Best Album. After returning from a successful overseas concert in Dubai, the Mast Qalandars performed as a band at premier events like Nokia Music Connect where their performances received a standing ovation from Imogen Heap at the Nokia Music Connect. They perform as a band for high-end corporate events like Market Research Society of India, Bengal Club, and Friends Club in New Delhi.
The program recorded over 700 undiscovered musicians from small towns and villages of Rajasthan in 2010. 28 artists mentored and recorded in our studio in Delhi. 10 tracks were mixed and mastered in London in 2011.
Our Artists in Residence; Kutle Khan, Dayam Khan, and Nathoo Lal Solanki perform and record around the world. They come from Barmer, Jaisalmer, Pushkar, and Udaipur. Their achievements make us proud.