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Tag: Pakistani music

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Riffat Sultana

Angel Romero November 19, 2018 No Comments PakistanPakistani musicRiffat Sultanaworld fusion

Riffat Sultana channels the musical wisdom of 500 years and eleven generations of master musicians in her family in India and Pakistan. But in all…

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Artist Profiles: Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali

Angel Romero November 19, 2018 No Comments PakistanPakistani musicqawwaliRizwan-Muazzam Qawwali

Pakistan’s fresh young ensemble, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, though still in their teens, are already proving to be masters of the Sufis’ devotional music. The two young…

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Artist Profiles: Salamat Ali Khan

Angel Romero November 19, 2018 No Comments PakistanPakistani musicSalamat Ali Khan

Ustad Salamat Ali Khan was born in 1934 in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab in what was then the British colony of India. He is…

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Artist Profiles: Shafqat Ali Khan

Angel Romero November 19, 2018 No Comments PakistanPakistani musicShafqat Ali Khan

As heir to a singing dynasty, Shafqat Ali Khan is one of the master classical vocalists of India and Pakistan. Shafqat Ali Khan was born…

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Artist Profiles: Sukhawat Ali Khan

Angel Romero November 19, 2018 No Comments PakistanPakistani musicSukhawat Ali Khanworld fusion

Sukhawat Ali Khan is the son of the legendary Indian-Pakistani Vocalist Ustad Salamat Ali Khan. Sukhawat belongs to the school called Sham Chorasi which was…

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Artist Profiles: Sachal Ensemble

Angel Romero September 19, 2017 No Comments Pakistani musicSachal Ensembleworld jazz

The Sachal Ensemble was formed by Izzat Majeed, a Pakistani investor and hedge fund manager who became a philanthropist and music producer. Born in Lahore…

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Pakistan’s Sachal Ensemble Announces First North American Tour

World Music Central News Room September 18, 2017 No Comments JazzPakistanPakistani musicSachal Ensembleworld jazz

Pakistani 10-piece Sachal Ensemble will be touring the United States for the first time during October and November 2017. The group, formed by philanthropist and…

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Artist Profiles: Ferhan Qureshi

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Ferhan QureshiIndian classical musicPakistanPakistani musictabla

Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi has been a student of tabla and traditional Pakistani/Indian music for many years. He is a senior disciple of the tabla maestro…

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Obituaries

Celebrated Qawwali Singer Amjad Sabri Assassinated in Pakistan

Angel Romero June 22, 2016 No Comments Amjad SabriPakistani musicqawwaliThe Sabri Brothers

News reports from Pakistan indicate that renowned Qawwali musician Amjad Sabri, one of Pakistan’s most well-known Sufi musicians, was shot and killed on Wednesday, June…

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Pakistan-Brooklyn Connection

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments KlezmerMichael WinogradPakistani musicZebunnisa Bangash

  The sounds of various regions of Pakistan and klezmer come together in the new project called Sandaraa. The debut album incorporates the impressive vocals…

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