According to Hussain, Rangreza director Amir Mohiuddun was instantly sold after listening to Janasheen. “He immediately took a liking to it and thought it was a perfect choice for Rangreza. That’s how ...

Indeed, Hyderabad has a rich cultural scene and the city continues to embrace unique ways of celebrating it. One such event ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Qawwali is the Sufi devotional music of India and Pakistan, ecstatic praise-songs traditionally offered ...

The National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage – Lok Virsa on Friday organised Mehfil-e-Samaa – an evening of traditional qawwali at its media centre. Famous qawwal Akhtar Sharif and Sabir ...

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Some forms of cultural expression defy the need for translation. So it is for the traditional South Asian music qawwali, according to its fans and adherents. Most commonly played at Sufi shrines in ...

One of the features found commonly across many musical cultures is the presence of rhythmic grooves of three, four, six and eight counts. Similar patterns are found in several folk traditions in India ...

LAHORE: Hadiqa Kiani extends her range of genres as she releases her debut qawwali ‘Jaanay Iss Dil’ in collaboration with Ustad Dildar Hussain, the tabla player of the late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ...

Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi believes in upholding the deep-rooted tradition of Bandanawazi Qawwal. Says Ateeq, “I am the seventh generation from the lineage of Ustad Haddu Hassu Khan belonging to ...

Hadiqa has gone a step further by composing and releasing a qawwali that is original in design “with poetry that has been selected by Abrar Hussain Hadiqa Kiani’s journey, from pop hits to the path of ...