‘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 ...

around 1982 on a WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) album. WOMAD was Peter Gabriel’s world music label and brainchild. This was right about the time when a bunch of Brit record executives coined the ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Council of the arts (PNCA) started a 2-day Qawwali festival to entertain isolates with performance of renowned Qawwals late Tuesday. Featuring a unique expression of ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is widely credited for bringing global attention to Qawwali music, extending the 600yr old Qawwali tradition of his family. By the time of his death following a heart attack, ...

Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi’s bimonthly journal, is India’s oldest and the only journal of its kind featuring translations in English of poetry, fiction, drama and criticism from twenty-three ...

Austin-based ensemble Riyaaz Qawwali presents a performance of the Islamic devotional music known as Qawwali on Saturday, April 2, at the Rothko Chapel. Rooted in South Asia but with a history ...

We were driving on a lonely road that appeared to be going nowhere. It was not quite late but it was pitch-dark. I watched the lights of Chishtian town recede in the rearview mirror until they ...