Saturday, 27 April 2013

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Qawwali

© SATYENDRA SINGH
'Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan', 2005 (ballpoint pen sketch)
Size - 11" x 14"

N F A Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948 –1997), a renowned Pakistani musician was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis. 

Considered one of the big singers ever recorded, he possessed extraordinary vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours. 

He is popularly known as 'Shahenshah-e-Qawwali'.

He became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971. 


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