Pakistani singer Ali Sethi, best known for Pasoori, posted a Holi message on his Instagram. He sang Amir Khusro’s Aaj rang hai ai maha-rang hai ri. He wrote, “Happy holi bhardo jholi.” The song is a ...
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is in a good place. With a rich catalogue in classical music, mostly in qawwali or Sufi devotional music, the Pakistani singer has straddled commercial success in that genre as ...
REUTERS - Singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, known for both Bollywood hits and Qawwali, Sufi devotional music that dates back more than 700 years, is taking the two genres to Britain in August for three ...
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From Qawwalis to Coke Studio: How Pakistan’s Music Conquered Indian Hearts One Soulful Note at a Time
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 ...
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 ...
Nearly two years after Pakistan’s foremost qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was gunned down in Karachi, the devotional music of Islam’s Sufi mystical sect is struggling to survive, as fears of sectarianism ...
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