Artist Who Changed The World: A List Of “Lists Featuring NFAK”

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – ” Artist Who Unified the World with Music”

It is no argument  that the World’s Music would have been a lot poorer if Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was not born. Since early days of his introduction to Western ears he was hailed as one of the greatest voices and greatest singer ever. What follows is an everlasting list speaking the man’s impact on music and World.

1. 100 Minorities who changed the World: ……..by Sacred-Bridge
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2. The 20th Century Greatest Hits: What works of Art should be remembered and why.. by Paul Williams
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3. Artists, writers, and musicians: an encyclopedia of people who changed the world
………….  edited by Michel-André Bossy, Thomas Brothers, John C. McEnroe
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4. The 100 Greatest Stars Of 20th Century………….Q Magazine (August 1999)
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5. Top 12 Artists and Thinkers in the last 60 years………TIME Magazine,2006
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6. 50 Most Influential Artists Of Music ………. SPIN Magazine,1998

7. NPR 50 Great Voices…………. National Public Radio,USA,2010
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8. 20 Most Iconic Musicians From Past 50 Years ……. CNN,2010
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9. Mojo 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time

More Coming Very Soon………

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Ustad Tari Khan ” a few awesome Jugalbandi ” Part 1

Ustad Tari Khan (1953, Lahore) is a famous master tabla player from Pakistan. You can read more about him here.

Ustad Tari Khan

What we present today is some of the awesome Jugalbandisbetween NFAK & Tari Khan during 1992-1994 in USA . If use are classical fan, there is noway you wont enjoy it. If your are not into classical, then it quiet possible that you will become one today after listening to  these Jugalbandi.

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Ustad Tari Khan, Washington

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Nusrat! Live at Meany (University of Washington) 1993, An Unforgettable Concert

Cutting right to chest, if you are a big fan of “Allah Hoo” , then you might be knowing that the most famous version of Allah Hoo was recorded in this concert, I am talking about the 15 minutes versions you might have heard on albums like “Imprint”, “The Emperor” , “Live At Washington University” and any other famous compilation album. This is also the concert that was mentioned in our fan-story in previous post.

Nusrat teaching students at University of Washington 1993

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, was the Celebrity Visiting Artist in the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Program in 1992-93. It was during the end of his visit that there was a sudden demand of a Concert performance, other ensemble members were back in Pakistan, NFAK initially thought of giving a solo performance with Tari Khan on Tabla, however the other member flew in just a few hours before the time. And then they gave us such a great show (after traveling for over 20 hours continuously), hats off to them.

So the performance has all the great tracks “Allah Hoo”, “Man Kunto Maula” (Might be the beat version), “Mast Mast”, “Haq Ali Ali”, “Mera Piya Ghar aaya”…

this video posted below contains the main part of concert, the duo performance with Farrukh and another one with Tari khan will be posted soon..

So gear up for 90 minutes of pure music….

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My Best Concert Ever, A fan story

By: o. Sano ( NFAK’s Fan from USA)


Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party – Live At University Of Washington 1993

Often i get asked…what was the best concert you have ever seen. In fact.i just got asked that recently and i said the same thing i say everytime, “i have many best concerts” yet i always return to one which is when i saw nusrat fateh ali khan perform at the university of washington. to this day my mind is completely blown away by the grace, the power and pureness of his music. i recall my friend hParker telling me about his concert and how tickets were on sale at wall of sound record store…we left the spot we were standing at and purchased them immediately. it was like yesterday i was looking at the tickets and amazed i was going to be able to see such an amazing artist – little did i know i was going to see something much bigger than i anticipated.

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Birth Day Special Videos — in case you have missed them

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Concert (1993)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQZ_xZOoNg]

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Profile (1996)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kmsjlvf92w]

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Tribute (1998)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YT5zUIw8nI]

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan- Remembering Nusrat

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TizAzB3UZg]