I deeply love the unique, exhortative, and spirit-filled music of Pakistani sufi master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997). If you are unfamiliar with Nusrat and qawwali (sufi gospel) music, you can ...

Fateh Ali Khan Sr died in March 1964. Young Nusrat was a schoolboy then. At his death bed, Fateh Ali Khan Sr summoned his family. He asked them to chant the kalima. While the family was chanting, ...

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, nephew of late music maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, has said that he doesn't require permission to sing his uncle's famous songs. His comments come shortly after the Nusrat's ...

More than three decades after it was recorded, the legendary voice of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan returns with the release of Chain of Light, a posthumous album unveiled today September 20 by Peter ...

There is something profoundly captivating about a lost record—a piece of art long-forgotten, shrouded in mystery, emerging from an unknown void after so many years. Its timing feels immaculate, as ...

Nusrat’s friends as per Dr Buad: According to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s biographer, Dr Buad, the singer spent most of his time with close family members. At the same focal level, these were his qawwali ...

Pakistan's eminent ghazal artiste Rahat Fateh Ali Khan finds himself in a strange quandary today. Bollywood's frontline filmmakers wish to record songs by him but aren't sure whether they would be ...

Pierre-Alain Baud was at Theatre de la Ville in Paris by chance. He had just finished listening to a concert by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party. Like many other foreign ears, before and since, he was ...

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 ...

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur recalled a strange request by legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan during the shoot of his movie “Bandit Queen”. The incident took place just after the unfortunate passing ...

The long-lost Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan album, Chain of Light, has finally seen the light of day. This exceptional collection showcases four captivating Qawwalis. Multidisciplinary artist Babar Sheikh ...