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 ...
I count myself incredibly fortunate to have seen Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan perform while he was still alive, this was back in 1990, at a little hamlet called Santa Barbara, a year or so ...
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 ...
To call a concert, especially that of a singer of religious songs, a “revelation” is beyond cliché. Yet there is To call a concert, especially that of a singer of religious songs, a “revelation” is ...
How the hell do you lose an album, especially by a man with perhaps the greatest voice of all time — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan? (Photo by Loren Haynes) By the time the great Nusrat died of a heart attack ...
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 ...
On the 28th anniversary of his passing, the incomparable 'Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan' was remembered for his unmatched musical legacy, as tributes from across the world honor the qawwali genius whose ...
And yet, here we are, with a brand-new issue of Khan captured at his vocal prime, recorded when he was just at the precipice of becoming an international phenomenon: a midnight set recorded in 1985 at ...
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's new album is "Chain of Light." (Courtesy of Masataka Ishida) Four previously unknown recordings of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Pakistani singer known as the ‘King of the Kings ...