Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records is set to release “Chain of Light,” a previously unheard album by Pakistani qawwali legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The recordings, discovered in the label’s archives ...

The only reason why qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis, is known in the West when other types of Pakistani music remain hopelessly obscure is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. While he may not have been ...

Even decades after his passing, memories of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan continue to move fans and artists alike. The legendary Pakistani singer, renowned for his unmatched contributions to Qawwali, ...

I deeply love the unique, exhortative, and spirit-filled music of Pakistani sufi master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997). If you are unfamiliar with Nusrat and qawwali (sufi gospel) music, you can ...

The Pakistani qawwali icon sang words written centuries ago and died decades ago. He’s got a new album out. In June 2021, in ...

If you’re familiar with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan at all, you’ve probably heard him sing alongside Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder in a rendition of Neil Young’s “The Long Road” in the 1995 Tim Robbins film of ...

How the hell do you lose an album, especially by a man with perhaps the greatest voice of all time — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan? (Photo by Loren Haynes) By the time the great Nusrat died of a heart attack ...

I first discovered Pakistani sufi maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in 1982 on one of Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) Festival benefit collection LPs, titled Music and Rhythm. It was the ...