The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

Drummer Brook Martinez was a little worried when he first formed Brooklyn Qawwali Party in 2004. For one thing, the Qawwali tradition is sacred — it’s the devotional music for a mystical sect of Islam ...

When Vedi Sinha from The Aahvaan Project starts singing “Bhala hua meri matki phoot gayee/ Main to paneeyan bharan se chhoot gayee” (Thank God my pitcher broke; I’m finally free from hauling water) ...