The only reason why qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis, is known in the West when other types of Pakistani music remain hopelessly obscure is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. While he may not have been ...

Before Sahir Ludhianvi used it as inspiration, the original poem was penned by Sufi poet Ameer Bakhsh Sabri and composed by qawwal duo Ustad Fateh Ali and Ustad Mubarak Ali — Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali ...

I deeply love the unique, exhortative, and spirit-filled music of Pakistani sufi master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997). If you are unfamiliar with Nusrat and qawwali (sufi gospel) music, you can ...

“Chain of Light,” an album of four qawwalis the Pakistani singer recorded in 1990, are arriving after being discovered in the vaults of Peter Gabriel’s label. By Adwait Patil On Oct. 27, 2022, the ...

Peter Gabriel‘s Real World Records is set to release “Chain of Light,” a previously unheard album by Pakistani qawwali legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The recordings, discovered in the label’s archives ...

Qawwali is a Sufi devotional form known as the “path of the heart”. Popularized by the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali songs are based on the mystical poetry of Sufism. The traditional music works ...

MUMBAI (IANS -Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur recently recounted a unique request from the legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan during the making of his film, “Bandit Queen.” The incident occurred shortly ...

KUALA LUMPUR: World-renowned Qawwali maestro Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is coming to Malaysia on Nov 1 at Idea Live Arena, 3 Damansara in Kuala Lumpur. This highly anticipated concert will be even ...

How the hell do you lose an album, especially by a man with perhaps the greatest voice of all time — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan? (Photo by Loren Haynes) By the time the great Nusrat died of a heart attack ...

A lost album from the famed Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is set to release over three decades after he originally recorded it. According to Peter Gabriel‘s Real World Records, the album was ...