Hallelujah - Karsh Kale feat Shilpa Rao, Coke Studio @ MTV Season 2

A reworking of Leonard Cohen’s classic song by the same name, Karsh’s version is about the pain and glory of love. For this version, he enlists guitarist Warren Mendonsa’s songwriting skills and incorporates the instrumental portion of Warren’s ’Ode to a Sunny Day’ which seemed to thematically match the mood of ’Halleluiah’. Shilpa Rao comes in on the Hindusthani bits with echoes of ’Jhoola’, a song she grew up on. The beautiful song is marked by an epic guitar solo by Warren. Credits: Composed & Produced by: Karsh Kale and Warren Mendonsa Language: Hindi and English Lyrics: Leonard Cohen, Karsh Kale & Traditional Lyrics Vocals: Karsh Kale & Shilpa Rao Backing Vocals: Shruti Pathak, Apeksha Dandekar, Monali Thakur, Benny Dayal Drums: Jai Row Kavi Electric Guitar: Warren Mendonsa Acoustic Guitar: Gaurav Gupta Bass: Johan Pais Keys: Karsh Kale Flute: Ajay Prassanna Recorded by: Steve Fitzmaurice, Ashish Ma