The great Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a key figure in the emergence of qawwali music during the 1980s. Although the Sufi praise song tradition is over 700 years old, it was Khan who not ...

On Saturday night, Pakistani singer Asif Ali Khan and his group brought qawwali— a form of Sufi devotional music that has been in existence for more than 700 years, and that remains prevalent today in ...

ISLAMABAD: Renowned Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s 65rd birthday was observed on October 13 across the world of music. Khan was popularly known as Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, meaning King of ...

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 ...

KARACHI: Prominent Pakistani singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan said that qawwali was in his soul and in his my blood and he would continue singing qawwalis until his last breath. “There is ...

After completing a series of concerts worldwide, aimed at paying tribute to the legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is all set to embark on another soulful journey. The singer ...

ISLAMABAD: Renowned singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has gone back to his roots and announced his plan to hold 100 qawwali mehfils [gatherings] across the globe. According to a private news channel , the ...

Pakistani actor-singer Ali Zafar is likely to sing qawwali for a Punjabi film. He sang a qawwali last week in Pakistan during an award show. The song was a tribute to Amjad Sabri, the Pakistani singer ...

Bestie also has a romantic song that is filmed in the beautiful location of Manali, a grandly picturized wedding song and the qawwali sung by Javed Ali. Malayalam film BESTY featuring Ashkar Saudan, ...

Actor Ali Zafar has recorded a qawaali to pay tribute to late singer Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead in Karachi on June 22. He will perform qawwali for the first time. Actor Ali Zafar will sing a ...

Some forms of cultural expression defy the need for translation. So it is for the traditional South Asian music qawwali, according to its fans and adherents. Most commonly played at Sufi shrines in ...