Qawwali is a deeply structured musical form that has been celebrated for centuries. It serves as a powerful medium for ...

The Pakistani qawwali icon sang words written centuries ago and died decades ago. He’s got a new album out. In June 2021, in ...

Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records is set to release “Chain of Light,” a previously unheard album by Pakistani qawwali legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The recordings, discovered in the label’s archives ...

This playlist features Pakistani and Indian world music artists I deeply admire. They bent the rules and took chances, creating something new and sublime along the way. The most famous female qawwal, ...

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Four previously unknown recordings of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Pakistani singer known as the ‘King of the Kings of Qawwali’ who died in 1997, have been rediscovered on a warehouse shelf in England.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Pakistan's award-winning Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers, grandsons of the revered ...

As a child growing up in Pakistan, Kausar Safar loved listening to the fast-paced, vibrant sound of Qawwali music. She knew that there was a religious aspect to the music played on the radio on Friday ...

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In a world fragmented by borders, conflicts, and barbed-wire politics, few things flow as freely and fearlessly as music. And perhaps no story captures this quiet rebellion of harmony better than that ...