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...through my singing and will continue to do so," the singer said. On Chhote Ustaad 2, Khan, who is the nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, said"I liked the concept of the show. It encourages brotherhood between India and Pakistan. It is a very good step...
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DNA India
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...room. He would talk to people, but he didn't initiate a lot of conversations, and they weren't particularly extensive." Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was just 48 when he died in August 1997. His death sparked a nationwide state of mourning in Pakistan. But he left...
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NPR
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If a Hebrew prophet spoke from his cradle, she crooned at birth. When Allah Wasai was born on September 21, 1926 to an impoverished musician Madad Ali in Kasur, her aunt rushed out to greet her father thus: ‘Congratulations brother! This girl will
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Dawn
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New Delhi: An ancient love story of a Muslim prince with a Hindu woman, an unfamiliar facet of Pakistani sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the search for freedom by Afghani women - these are some of the stories that would be unfurled on film at the
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_documentary-film-fest-explores-documentaries-from-south-asia_1313835
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'You need the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant' … Mira Nair, film director Photograph: Dan Callister
What got you started?
My impatience with waiting for life to happen. For seven years, I made films in the cinéma vérité tradition –
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/09/mira-nair-film-director
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DEVENDRA BANHART: shaman, savant or sham? At times in the last few years he has been all of these things. From Venezuela via Los Angeles, Mr. Banhart became the figurehead for freak-folk, which, as it turned out, wasn’t that freaky after all, just
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The New York Times
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Karachi
How does one project a feeling? This would be an empirical question to beset any writer, musician and even an illustrator. The feeling of Sufism, thus says German Writer/Composer/Musician Peter Pannke, must be
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The News
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=204773
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Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWL) would organise SAARC Folklore Festival at historic Gaiety Theatre here on November 10 and 11.
Addressing a press conference here yesterday, FOSWL Chief Coordinator Manmohan Singh Mitwa said disciple
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Webindia123
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Karachi
Various literature and textbooks in the history have referred to music as the food for the soul. If the right chord touches the heart, it is said to soothe the mind and body of an individual, freeing them from all
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The News
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All day long you deal with crabby, cranky, and grouchy. It’s no wonder you’re not horny, happy, or lovey when your muffin makes his move.
So we asked rocker and hands-on dad Rob Myers, of local funk band Fort Knox Five, for his musical picks to help
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Daily Candy
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HYDERABAD: Pop singer Atif Aslam has said that the young generation is unaware of Sufi poetry and he wants them to connect spiritually through his music.
The singer said that he wanted to mould the youths and was waiting for the right time to do that.
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Dawn
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ISLAMABAD : 61st birth anniversary of world’s most prominent singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is being observed today especially by his fans and admirers.
According to various TV channels, SPIN magazine listed Nusrat, who born on October 13, 1948 and died
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...: 61st birth anniversary of world’s most prominent singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is being observed today especially by his fans and admirers. According to various TV channels, SPIN magazine listed Nusrat, who born on October 13, 1948 and died on August 16,...
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(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)
Today’s Diversions catches up with Foreign Born’s Lewis Pesacov (also of Fool’s Gold) as he runs
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Aquarium Drunkard
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"The words and the essence of the 'kalams' (works) cannot change, only the orchestra can change. It is a good thing that Sufism and its music are reaching out to the masses, but the music should not detract from tradition. The exponents cannot play
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New Kerala
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died in 1997 at the age of 48, was a revered qawwali singer, whose name reached a much wider audience in the last few years of his life through the emerging world music movement.
Following their successful collaboration with
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Birmingham Post
http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2009/10/05/review-remembering-nusrat-at-symphony-hall-65233-24856951/
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Yatra (Nomadic Souls) (Cumbancha CMB-CD-14, 2009)
My office mate, who was born and raised in India and revisits there yearly, smiled and nodded when I showed her this CD. She was a giant step ahead of me in the recognition department, but neither of
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World Music Central
http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/Kailash_Kher_yatra
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After the rise of rock and roll, jazz, and jazz guitar especially, has carried a penumbra of snooty affectation. If you take the time to learn how to play over “Giant Steps,” and learn four different voicings for a Bb13(#11) chord, why would you care
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Popdose.com
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Remember the actress who acted opposite Aftab Shivdesani in Kasoor? or more famously the Afreen-Afreen girl from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s song Afreen? Lisa Ray is suffering from multiple myeloma, which she was diagnosed with two months ago.
Lisa says,”I
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Bollywood News and gossip
http://bollywood.celebden.com/2009/09/lisa-ray-is-suffering-from-cancer/
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Under the moniker “Taken By Trees,” her second solo album is a blend of floaty, Northern European vocals and the traditional sounds of Pakistan. Bergsman said she went East because she is a “fan” of Sufi music and a lover of such artists as Nusrat
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Sepia Mutiny
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005931.html
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Hard-hitting cinema is catching fast with the audiences and so does the cloudburst of fresh talents that makes their dent with their incredible works. Surprises have always been theer in low profile flicks and RUSLAAN shows
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GlamSham.com
http://www.glamsham.com/music/reviews/31-ruslaan-music-review-080908.asp
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"I lost you in the crowd in an unfamiliar town” is the opening line of
Victoria Bergsman’s new album, sung in her solemnly pretty, Nico-lite tones.
So where might the former Concretes vocalist — best known for her back-ups
on Peter, Bjorn and John’s
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Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6811225.ece
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Five Indian artistes have made it to Amazon.com's 100 Greatest World Music albums of all time. The list includes albums of Asha Bhosle, Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan, Shujaat Hussain Khan and A.R. Rahman.
These artistes share space with some of the most
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News/india/5-Indians-on-Amazon-s-greatest-music-albums/Article1-445747.aspx
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... Monday, August 17, 2009 LAHORE SUNDAY marked the 12th death anniversary of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Shahenshah-e-Qawwali and a legend in his lifetime, who had worked with iconic names in the Western music like Eddie Vedder, Peter Gabriel and progressive...
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The News
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LAHORE - Keeping the unfortunate tradition of forgetting the national heroes alive, the 12th death anniversary of Shahensha-e-Qawwali Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan largely went unnoticed on Sunday, as no ceremony was organised for remembering and paying
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The Nation
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(Neumos) By now you probably realize that Sunn O))) are the Beatles
of this drone-metal shit, and their live performances are akin to
invasive surgery with blunt instruments. Knowing that they'll have five
members onstage for this gig, you may want to
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The Stranger
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/up-and-coming/Content?oid=1973907
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It was supposed to be a stopgap, a way to mark time between real records — a soundtrack project released ten months too late to support the movie (in this case, Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ), its 22 wordless tracks of largely
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Popdose.com
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Tonight I turned off all the lights in the living room and was listening to Krishna Das in a peaceful reverie (while Mrs. A was Wii boxing upstairs). Just me, Krishna, and the glow of my tube amp, when from nowhere it occurred to me: now that Nusrat
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Kids Prefer Cheese
http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-you-got.html
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Part 4 of the 4-part mix from 2001..
Notes on this mixes can be found with .
Read more for the complete playlist:
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Sea of Vapours - Mustt Mustt
Zero Ohms - Power of Nothingness - [MP3.com]
Bill Laswell / Michael J. Harris -
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Dreamscenes
http://www.vancooten.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=203
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The team of director Imtiaz Ali, music director Pritam Chakraborty and lyricist, Irshad Kamil, who regaled us with a fresh as the morning dew music of the heart-warming superhit, JAB WE MET, are back once again.
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GlamSham.com
http://www.glamsham.com/music/reviews/27-love-aaj-kal-music-review-060910.asp
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Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who passed away on Friday, was an inspiration in more ways than one for Derek Trucks, a rock guitar phenomenon with a growing, global fan following.
Trucks, who began playing guitar at age 9, was sitting in with legends like Buddy
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Rediff
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/jun/20/derek-trucks-tribute-to-ustad-ali-akbar-khan.htm
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Every time a great outdoor concert gets rained upon, an innocent puppy angel gets murdered. Got that, Mother Nature? Hopefully that vindictive wench will heed our threat so tonight's free performance by leading qawwali musician Faiz Ali Faiz will go
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Chicagoist
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"I am very hopeful about our Qawwali Gospel project," Pakistani singer Faiz Ali Faiz told me for a National Geographic interview recently. "It has potential. I think we had improvement since June 2008, when you auditioned us in Fes."
We chatted before
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/derek-beres/qawwali-gospel-where-musl_b_216375.html
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Every first Saturday of the month The Brooklyn Museum of Art throws a huge FREE party for all of New York, and I gotta tell ya, it is a party. There's cash bars on multiple levels serving Brooklyn Lager and plastic cups of wine. There's usually live
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Eye Heart New York
http://eyeheartnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/2009/06/brooklyn-museums-first-saturdays.html
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For those who always say they’re going to catch First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum but never think of it until the second or third Saturday, here’s your reminder: it’s tonight. An all-Islam program is headed by the Brooklyn Qawwali Party (left), a
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Brokelyn
http://www.brokelyn.com/saturday-am-quickie-bk-museum-bash/
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Highlights include a Sufi-inspired musical performance by Brooklyn Qawwali Party, a demonstration which follows a cinematic glimpse into the world of whirling dervishes in I Named Her Angel, and a dance party by GlobeSonic's DJ Fabian Alsultany and DJ
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Huliq.com
http://www.huliq.com/13/81790/explore-islamic-culture-brooklyn-museum
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Posted: May 25, 2009 at 1443 hrs IST
New Delhi Indo-Polish actress Lisa Ray, who was recently named 'one of the most beautiful Canadians' by Hello magazine is delighted by the honour but she doesn't want to take it too seriously.
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Expressindia.com
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Rankings-are-not-to-be-taken-seriously-Lisa-Ray/465484/
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...as Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Bernstein and Nusrat Fateh Khan. Qasimov’s voice has often been compared with that of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan of Pakistan, whom the Azeri singer admired so much that he dedicated a song to him — Bagishlamani. Qasimov’s passion...
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Khaleej Times
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Jim Kerr is the lead singer of Simple Minds, whose new album, Graffiti Soul,
is out tomorrow. Here are the tracks inspiring him.
A Camp: Stronger Than Jesus Nina Persson’s sabbatical from the
Cardigans continues. Her second album is loaded with
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Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6326939.ece
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Award-winning musician, producer, performer and DJ Nitin Sawhney writes an essay to celebrate this year's Ivor Novello awards.
As a composer/ songwriter I’ve always believed there’s a line running a
delicate balance between expression and
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The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/5351215/Nitin-Sawhney-on-the-Evolution-of-the-ComposerSongwriter.html
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World's Foremost Catalog Label Opens Its Vaults to Release Classic Albums & Overlooked Archival Treasures for the First Time in the Digital Realm
NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings, the world's premier catalog music label, has opened
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PR Newswire
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...The only negative aspect was the start of the function at 11:30 p.m., three hours behind schedule. Like his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat embedded paltas and other classical renditions in the high pitch of saxophone, guitar, keyboard and electric drums....
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The News
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Bombay Dub Orchestra is the East-West fusion project founded by composer/producers Garry Hughes and Andrew T. Mackay. Since the release of their self-titled debut, the name Bombay Dub Orchestra has built quite a reputation. From main-stage performances
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World Music Central
http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/Bombay_Dub_Orchestra_new_3_Cities
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As she waited to go on, Souad Massi looked nervous for the first time that evening. The Algerian singer, who has endured abuse, exile and even death threats from extremists in her career, admitted that she was scared because she did not think the
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The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/womad--a-brave-new-world-of-music-1676913.html
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In these days of globalization, with world music a fixture in the mainstream, it's easy to imagine that we've heard it all. But odds are good you've never heard Sidi Goma, members of a tribal Sufi community of East African origin that resettled in
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/04/28/keeping_tradition_alive?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Music+news
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...free jazz from saxophonist Albert Ayler, unclassifiable experimentalist music from Moondog, Sufi qawwali singing from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and even classical recordings — contributor Joe Staines makes an interesting case for the "Polonaises" by W.F. Bach,...
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Denver Post
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...to me used to speak in English but now talking in Hindi or Punjabi is cool to them," he added. A fan of Jagjit Singh and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bohemia also enjoys Bollywood music. "I love Bollywood music. So much is going on at the moment. Bollywood composers...
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New Kerala
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...somewhere through the rap style of singing I was able to get others to relate to me, says Bohemia, who also loves Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Be the first to comment. TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by...
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Indian Express
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...run from 1997’s “Gurus of Peace,” a Western-sounding, English-Hindi collaboration with the late Pakistani star Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, to several male-female duets that blend Western hip-hop and pop with Indian percussion, melody and ornamentation. The disc’s...
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2TheAdvocate.com
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...picking on a banjo while giving the rest of himself over to a song whose ascending chants evoked the Sufi qawwals of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It should, in theory, have been one of those events that means well but only manages to accentuate the cultural differences....
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Times Online
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