It is no news that one half of music group Josh, Qurram Hussain – popularly known as Q – is making his debut as a music producer for the upcoming musical, Rangreza that stars Gohar Rasheed, Urwa ...

According to Hussain, Rangreza director Amir Mohiuddun was instantly sold after listening to Janasheen. “He immediately took a liking to it and thought it was a perfect choice for Rangreza. That’s how ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Qawwali is the Sufi devotional music of India and Pakistan, ecstatic praise-songs traditionally offered ...

The National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage – Lok Virsa on Friday organised Mehfil-e-Samaa – an evening of traditional qawwali at its media centre. Famous qawwal Akhtar Sharif and Sabir ...

Ustad Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi performed Sufiana Qawwali at the ongoing 19th National Urdu Book Fair at Quli Qutb Shah Stadium in Hyderabad. Says Hussain, “I started learning music from my ...

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LAHORE: Hadiqa Kiani extends her range of genres as she releases her debut qawwali ‘Jaanay Iss Dil’ in collaboration with Ustad Dildar Hussain, the tabla player of the late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ...

Some forms of cultural expression defy the need for translation. So it is for the traditional South Asian music qawwali, according to its fans and adherents. Most commonly played at Sufi shrines in ...

Ustad Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi started singing at the age of five and learnt various forms of classical singing such as dhrupad, khayal, thumri, bhajan, dadra and tarana, from his father. “In ...

Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi believes in upholding the deep-rooted tradition of Bandanawazi Qawwal. Says Ateeq, “I am the seventh generation from the lineage of Ustad Haddu Hassu Khan belonging to ...