Are newer incarnations of qawwali straying away from traditions of this revered musical form and, even if they are, does it matter? I only have qawwali to blame for my first and solitary act of ...

‘Sufisaints bring people together. And so do the musicians and singers who sing Qawwali, an Indian localised form of Sufimusic,’ said Haji Mohammed Idris of the Qutbi Brothers, one of India’s most ...

Rizwan-Meuzzam Qawwali Group is a Pakistani Qawwali ensemble led by brothers Rizwan and Muazzam Ali Khan. The duo performs with their seven-member party, who provide harmonium, percussion and ...

Asif Ali Khan & Party features a chorus of 10 people from Pakistan who are all members of the same family. However, they don't see themselves as simply singing; rather they are listening to "God's ...

As a teenager, Geoffrey Lyons left his small town in Nova Scotia to wander the Himalayas. He renunciated his former life and became enthralled with Sufism, a mystic school of Islam. Learning how to ...

Ustad Chand Nizami |The Nizami Bandhu group has been enthralling their audience with sufi qawwalis written by Amir Khusro for decades. They performed at HCL’s Soundscapes recently and wowed their ...

The Houston group discusses bringing ancient Muslim traditions into the contemporary world — and even collaborating on music for a Disney show. Music has long been part of religious practices around ...

After paying tribute to Diriliş: Ertuğrul in 2020 and making her acting debut earlier this month, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient and celebrated singer Hadiqa Kiani has stepped into the realm of qawwali ...

It’s lucky for the late qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan that there is no heaven, so he doesn’t have to explain to any celestial authority what he was doing with Rick Rubin. Yes, that’s blasphemy, ...

Canadian singer Justin Bieber’s iconic hit Baby was reimagined as a qawwali at a university event in Lahore, blending pop with Sufi musical heritage. Featuring traditional instruments like the ...