KARACHI: The 20th death anniversary of the legendary ‘qawwali’ maestro Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is being observed today. Famous for his catchy tunes, introduction of traditional Qawwali and heart ...

Pakistan is remembering today the legendary qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on his 70th birth anniversary. Known as the king of qawwali, the maestro was born in Faisalabad on October 13 1948 into ...

Pierre Alain-Baud, (Pyaro), the author of Le Messager du Qawwali (Voix du Monde) (Demi Lune 2008), and Kazi Abdullah Al Muktadir, the book's Bangla translator in Shahen Shah E Qawwali: Nusrat Fateh ...

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 ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was and is still very much considered to be one of the greatest Qawwals (singer of qawwali music) in the world; not only recognised as a legend in his native Pakistan he also ...

The new album Dub Qawwali takes the vocal stylings of the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died 10 years ago, and puts them over a reggae beat. Nusrat, a Pakistani singer, has sold more records worldwide ...

Today, 16 th August marks the 21 st death anniversary of the King of Qawali (Shahenshah-e-Qawali), Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (NFAK) who died at the age of 48 years leaving behind a legacy of more ...

Pierre-Alain Baud was at Theatre de la Ville in Paris by chance. He had just finished listening to a concert by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party. Like many other foreign ears, before and since, he was ...

There are some voices which are dependent on words in order to get heard and appreciated, and then there are those, self-sufficing ones, upon which words cease to exist – the unsurpassed ones. Words ...

At the time of his 1997 passing, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was widely recognized as a transcendent and eternal-sounding vocalist, and as the world's premier Qawwal, a singer of traditional Qawwali ...