Are newer incarnations of qawwali straying away from traditions of this revered musical form and, even if they are, does it matter? I only have qawwali to blame for my first and solitary act of ...

The database started out with 250 songs in 2021 with funding support from the India Foundation for the Arts in Bangalore, and now the number has swelled to 800 and counting. It includes music from ...

‘Sufisaints bring people together. And so do the musicians and singers who sing Qawwali, an Indian localised form of Sufimusic,’ said Haji Mohammed Idris of the Qutbi Brothers, one of India’s most ...

Qawwali is a musical form associated with the sama’, spiritual concert, of the Chishti Sufi Order. In its religious context it functions as a way to bring members of the order into a trance-like state ...

HOUSTON, April 16, 2024— In the concert "Improvisation Across Cultures," Houston-based groups Riyaaz Qawwali and the Jalen Baker Ensemble came together at Asia Society Texas for a thrilling and unique ...

The Houston group discusses bringing ancient Muslim traditions into the contemporary world — and even collaborating on music for a Disney show. Music has long been part of religious practices around ...

London-based qawwali aficionado, banker-turned-producer Kamran Anwar, took it upon himself to preserve what he feared would have become a lost story. A year-long sabbatical to channel his passion for ...

Asif Ali Khan & Party features a chorus of 10 people from Pakistan who are all members of the same family. However, they don't see themselves as simply singing; rather they are listening to "God's ...

Qawwali is a deeply structured musical form that has been celebrated for centuries. It serves as a powerful medium for spiritual expression and communal connection, transcending cultural boundaries.

It’s lucky for the late qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan that there is no heaven, so he doesn’t have to explain to any celestial authority what he was doing with Rick Rubin. Yes, that’s blasphemy, ...

After paying tribute to Diriliş: Ertuğrul in 2020 and making her acting debut earlier this month, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient and celebrated singer Hadiqa Kiani has stepped into the realm of qawwali ...