Qawwali is a form of devotional music that expresses the mystical Sufi practice of Islam in South Asia, mainly in areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. The term qawwali comes from the Arabic word ...

Pakistani devotees of qawwali music refer to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as "the voice of heaven." This double-CD release—featuring the last tracks he recorded before his death in 1997—is a stirring… By ...

When Geoffrey Lyons listened to a qawwali for the first time, it changed his life. He was a teenager living in Nova Scotia, Canada at the time, looking for greater meaning. “I was immensely moved by ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Back in the 1990s heyday of the bootleg CD, the market stalls of Camden Town and Glastonbury were laden with ...

We are committed to the purest form of Sufi qawwali that is the classical form and we take immense pride in our 700-year-old legacy,” says Sultan Hussain Niyazi, one of the brothers from the group ...

Kailash Kher is all set to celebrate his 49th birthday on Thursday. The versatile singer is known for having a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ask Peter Gabriel, or any of the other long-time chieftains of WOMAD, what the most memorable performance of ...