By the time the great Nusrat died of a heart attack in 1997 at the woefully young age of 48, he was just beginning to enjoy ...
Their approach to creating Qawwali songs and new interpretations is what marks them out, as Rashid Din, Nusrat's former international manager, explains in the liner notes: "There hasn't been ...
It’s all about the build-up, so Qawwali songs are rarely short - there are no radio edits here. They can be anywhere between 15 and 30 minutes long, with one of the longest known Qawwali songs ...
Qawwali, which originated in the 13th century ... Mustt Mustt and Night Song. “Nusrat just found a way to do something that he was comfortable doing…on top of what I had done,” Brook ...
Filmmaker Mira Nair and musician Zohaib Hassan reacted as Pasoori singer Ali Sethi posted a special message and song to wish Happy Holi. Check how social media reacted.
The hit song’s music video has also amassed more than 9.7 million views on YouTube Pakistan: Zain Zoheb, said to be the youngest qawwali band in the subcontinent, is making headlines once again.
Musicians, researchers and speakers said at a discussion on Saturday that they needed to overcome poverty by promoting ...
Blending qawwali elements with soulful melodies, the song is composed by Amaal Mallik and penned by Punarvasu. Recently, the makers unveiled the energetic track ‘Uda Hawa Mein Rang Hai,’ which ...
Qawwali songs are based on spiritual texts and are lyrically a combination of holy words and nonsense sounds which augment the transcendent aural experience. And now, nearly three decades after ...