Are newer incarnations of qawwali straying away from traditions of this revered musical form and, even if they are, does it matter? I only have qawwali to blame for my first and solitary act of ...

In a joyous celebration of love, renowned Pakistani fast bowler Haris Rauf has commenced his wedding festivities with a vibrant evening filled with energetic dance performances and soul-stirring ...

Bachcha Nasim Kausar, a nationally-acclaimed, Bhagalpur-based Qawwali singer, enthralled the audience with his scintillating performance here on Saturday. As the evening progressed, the intense tempo ...

The database started out with 250 songs in 2021 with funding support from the India Foundation for the Arts in Bangalore, and now the number has swelled to 800 and counting. It includes music from ...

Last week, the music died. Amjad Sabri, a master of qawwali, the devotional music that is wildly popular across the Indian subcontinent and well beyond, was gunned down in Karachi, Pakistan. The man ...

At the time of his 1997 passing, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was widely recognized as a transcendent and eternal-sounding vocalist, and as the world's premier Qawwal, a singer of traditional Qawwali ...

The qawwali, a musical genre closely associated with Islamic Sufi tradition, has evolved over the generations to include not just devotion, but romance, comedy and even social commentary in its fold.

Qawwali is a musical form associated with the sama’, spiritual concert, of the Chishti Sufi Order. In its religious context it functions as a way to bring members of the order into a trance-like state ...

Tina Datta, Archana Gautam, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, and Shiv Thakare, along with other contestants were seen grooving as Shekhar Suman sang a qawwali dedicated to them in Bigg Boss 16. Shekhar ...

This week, the music died. Amjad Sabri, a master of qawwali, the devotional music that is wildly popular across the Indian subcontinent and well beyond, was gunned down in Karachi, Pakistan. The man ...

The killing of Amjad Sabri is an attack on a poetic, devotional, and distinctively Pakistani expression of Islam You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...