Pritam does it all again, the recently released track of Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan is copied from an old Qawwali. The original Bhar Do Jholi Meri has been crooned by a team of Qawwali singers.

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, ...

It is 8 pm on a chilly Thursday night, and the winter wind is howling outside. Yet there is hardly any space for latecomers on the cold marble floors inside the Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah, where ...

CHENNAI: The stage had the entire qawwali party preparing for the performance in front of an enthused audience, including the Nawabzada of Arcot among them and other known faces from the city. While ...

I t was sunset. But inside the Museum Theatre, as Emraan Raja Sabri (grandson and disciple of the renowned Ustad Iqbal Sabri) took the stage, it was all sunny energy. In this age of remixes and ...

Celebrate the rich heritage of Punjabi Sufi music, with an equally rich performance by Riyaaz Qawwali! Weaving together centuries-old folk songs with contemporary works from artists like Gurdaas Mann, ...

ISLAMABAD: Renowned Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s 65rd birthday was observed on October 13 across the world of music. Khan was popularly known as Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, meaning King of ...

Never mind how many times you’ve heard the legend of how Hyderabad’s Warsi family came to be custodians of a 900-year-old qawwali tradition —when Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi narrates it, you still get ...

Nizami Bandhu from the Sikandra Gharana boasts of a 750-year-old legacy. Led by Ustad Chand Nizami with Shadab Faridi Nizami and Sohrab Faridi Nizami, the artisteswill perform at a fund raiser for the ...