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 ...

Fateh Ali Khan Sr died in March 1964. Young Nusrat was a schoolboy then. At his death bed, Fateh Ali Khan Sr summoned his family. He asked them to chant the kalima. While the family was chanting, ...

The Pakistani qawwali icon sang words written centuries ago and died decades ago. He’s got a new album out. In June 2021, in a Nissen hut in the middle of Wiltshire, England, less than 30 miles from ...

Pakistan's eminent ghazal artiste Rahat Fateh Ali Khan finds himself in a strange quandary today. Bollywood's frontline filmmakers wish to record songs by him but aren't sure whether they would be ...

The long-lost Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan album, Chain of Light, has finally seen the light of day. This exceptional collection showcases four captivating Qawwalis. Multidisciplinary artist Babar Sheikh ...

In June 2021, an employee at singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records uncovered four rapturous qawwalis by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan—one of them never taped anywhere else—in a warehouse. Last ...

Musical legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan will be honoured with a building to his name. Speaking to Geo News, his nephew and singing sensation Rahat Fateh Ali Khan said that the building, which will be ...

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 ...

Late vocalist and musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born on October 13, 1948. His popularity skyrocketed sky high in the 1990s. By then he was an established musician acknowledged and admired ...

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is one of South Asia's most celebrated and iconic voices. With a career spanning decades, he has captivated global audiences through his mastery of ghazals, qawwalis, and ...