The only reason why qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis, is known in the West when other types of Pakistani music remain hopelessly obscure is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. While he may not have been ...

If you’re familiar with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan at all, you’ve probably heard him sing alongside Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder in a rendition of Neil Young’s “The Long Road” in the 1995 Tim Robbins film of ...

Even decades after his passing, memories of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan continue to move fans and artists alike. The legendary Pakistani singer, renowned for his unmatched contributions to Qawwali, ...

“Chain of Light,” an album of four qawwalis the Pakistani singer recorded in 1990, are arriving after being discovered in the vaults of Peter Gabriel’s label. By Adwait Patil On Oct. 27, 2022, the ...

Singer Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan collaborated with Canadian guitarist Michael Brook on these two outstanding albums in the early to mid 1990s, aiming to reach a cosmopolitan audience by blending his ...

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, a celebrated voice in South Asia, recently addressed comparisons between his son, Shahzaman Khan, and the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Rahat’s career spans decades, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Back in the 1990s heyday of the bootleg CD, the market stalls of Camden Town and Glastonbury were laden with ...

In her Mumbai apartment late at night, Mansvi Saxena (20) plays Mehdi Hassan’s ghazal Mujhe Tum Nazar Se, a song her mother once played on repeat after losing her father. On a long bus ride, Saahil ...