It’s all about the build-up, so Qawwali songs are rarely short - there are no radio edits here. They can be anywhere between 15 and 30 minutes long, with one of the longest known Qawwali songs ...

Qawwali songs are based on spiritual texts and are lyrically a combination of holy words and nonsense sounds which augment the transcendent aural experience. And now, nearly three decades after ...

Blending qawwali elements with soulful melodies, the song is composed by Amaal Mallik and penned by Punarvasu. Recently, the makers unveiled the energetic track ‘Uda Hawa Mein Rang Hai,’ which ...

Their approach to creating Qawwali songs and new interpretations is what marks them out, as Rashid Din, Nusrat's former international manager, explains in the liner notes: "There hasn't been ...

He wrote, “Happy holi bhardo jholi.” The song is a famous 13th-century Sufi qawwali that celebrates his spiritual union with Khusro’s guide, Nizamuddin Auliya. Traditionally sung at the end ...

from there he began to venture into solo work and is now a prolific Qawwali artist in his own right. 'Gurus of Peace' was a song gifted by Fateh Ali Khan to the album Vande Mataram, composed by A.