The only reason why qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis, is known in the West when other types of Pakistani music remain hopelessly obscure is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. While he may not have been ...

Resurrecting the dead is nothing new in music. Remember Natalie Cole singing and dancing with her late father, Nat King Cole? The latest luminary to be revived is the Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali ...

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 ...

Legendary Pakistani singer, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, spoke about popular Hindi film songs being inspired by his music in an old interview. Also known as "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (The King of ...

KARACHI: To celebrate Pakistan’s 76th Independence Day, music streaming company Spotify revealed that it would be introducing an upgraded version of a playlist dedicated to the country's legendary ...

Mumbai: Some movies are remembered for their stories, some for their stars, and some for songs that never fade away. One such song is ‘Dulhe Ka Sehra Suhana Lagta Hai’ from the film Dhadkan. Even ...

New music from Marianne Faithfull; techno folk from Britain's Beth Orton; A great unknown from Minnesota: Metaphor; the Kirtan chanting of Bhagavan Das; and Sufi music from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Twitter users point out the similarity between the voice of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's son Shahzaman and legendary Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Shahzaman Fateh Ali Khan, son of famous Pakistani ...

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, ...

I first discovered Pakistani sufi maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in 1982 on one of Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) Festival benefit collection LPs, titled Music and Rhythm. It was the ...