new qawwal on the block
// March 11th, 2005 // Qawwali
“Just as in Portugal, where any young female fado singer has to contend with being compared to Amalia Rodrigues, so it is in Pakistan and North India for male exponents of qawwali, a local form of Sufi praise song which induces a trance-like state in the listener. Such singers are inevitably likened to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the undisputed king of qawwali.”
Anyone familiar with Faiz Ali Faiz? This is the first time I’ve come across him.
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a musical genius of his time. He has given new life and direction to qawwali and other forms of music.
Faiz Ali Faiz will be performing at the Rainforest World Music Festival at the Sarawak Cultural Village, half an hour’s drive from Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, where I live. I look forward to see him perform at this really cool festival.
hey apa khabar?
sounds cool. wish i could check it out too!
-mufti