How to Be a World Music Star – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

What it took for NFAK to become a world music superstar. Find out in a wonderful documentary piece released last year with unseen pics,footage and interviews plus a beautiful description by Michael Brook (who now looks very old, imagine how NFAK would have looked like now….)…

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Nusrat , B&W and yet filled with infinite colours

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Derek Trucks’ NFAK Renditions (Tributes)

Derek Trucks Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Derek Trucks is an American guitarist, songwriter and founder of the Grammy Award winning “The Derek Trucks Band”. He has given Jazz tributes to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on several occasions recreating singles like “Ganj-E-Shakar”, “Sahib Teri Bandia” “Maki Madni” etc from Album “The Last Prophet”.  In 2002, Rahat guested with The Derek Trucks Band on the song Maki Madni for Trucks’ album, Joyful Noise.

 

 

Derek Trucks Band – Sahib Teri Bandi

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Express ICON – A Documentory

A Documentary On The Legend Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan by Express News. The program takes a very interesting take on Nusrat’s Music using inputs from Badar-Ul-Zaman (who criticizes NFAK), Rahat and other personalities… with contradicting views… ultimately justifying Nusrat’s Greatness not just as a Qawwal but also as a Musical Superstar and Icon…

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