God’s voice

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan makes the purist pop of all

by Jon Garelick

["NusratAfro-pop enthusiasts boogie to Salif Keita, Kanda Bongo Man, Youssou N’Dour, and Angélique Kidjo. Proud Celts have Clannad, Altan, and the Chieftains. Brazilian pop fanatics worship Milton Nascimento. But in Alternative Nation, the world-music man of the moment is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The one-sheet from his publicist is an alterna-rock wet dream. Peter Gabriel, Trent Reznor, and Eddie Vedder have all worked with him. Joan Osborne wants to study with him. Jeff Buckley has interviewed him for Interview, and techno brats are vying for the remix rights. And the Nusrat bonanza continues, with several new albums and an appearance this Sunday, April 28, on VH-1 (9 p.m.) as part of the VH-1 Honorstribute to the Witness human-rights organization. Continue reading

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan The Voice Of Pakistan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan The Voice Of Pakistan

Courtesy: NPR

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan helped spread Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music, around the world.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Says His Message of Peace Is for Everyone

JIM WASHBURN | THE TIMES

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Nusrat & His of Love & Peace

Unlike many popular singers who have wildly animated styles, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan performs seated, as implacably planted on the stage floor as a bean-bag chair. But though he may be rooted to the spot physically, the Pakistani singer’s voice launches into incredible, propulsive flights of melismatic abandon as he strains to embody the content of his songs, and his hands and arms often gesticulate and fly with the emotion of his singing.

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A Night With Nusrat: An Odd Place for an Epiphany

the greatest nusrat fateh ali khanIt was a late Friday afternoon in 1990 when I got a call at the Los Angeles Times office inviting me to see a show by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan that evening. The qawwali master was performing in, of all places, a conference room at the LAX Airport Hilton, headlining a benefit to help build a cancer hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, hosted by that nation’s cricket hero Imran Khan.

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A Tribute to Nusrat – The Man & His Music Concert Videos

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Vishal Vaid, ” Sanu El Pal Chain Na Aawe – Nusrat Tere Bina”

A Tribute to Nusrat – The Man & His Music Concert Videos (ft.Karsh Kale, Vishal Vaid, Brooklyn Qawwali Party), live at Makor, NYC, January 18 2007 . Concert Videos, Promotion Videos, Press kit and more ..

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