Sarvjeet Tamta reflects on devotion, spontaneity and the enduring influence of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in shaping his journey with qawwali.

“Chain of Light,” an album of four qawwalis the Pakistani singer recorded in 1990, are arriving after being discovered in the vaults of Peter Gabriel’s label. By Adwait Patil On Oct. 27, 2022, the ...

Until some point in time roughly equivalent to the occasion of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s first trip to the West, qawwali, South Asian Islam’s ecstatic and transcendental form of musical worship was ...

Today, 16 th August marks the 21 st death anniversary of the King of Qawali (Shahenshah-e-Qawali), Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (NFAK) who died at the age of 48 years leaving behind a legacy of more ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Over pulsating drums, vigorous handclaps and harmoniums, the voices come in waves, each higher than the last.

Sufi Kathak exponent Manjari Chaturvedi hosted the first edition of the Qawwali Symposium in the city. The objective behind the educational seminar, titled Understanding Qawwali, was to bring the art ...

Centuries after it was born in the Indian subcontinent, Qawwali is still having its moments, in a new avatar. We find out ...

Rehmat-e-Nusrat, led by Sarvjeet Tamta and inspired by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, treats qawwali as an act of spiritual surrender ...