When you are recreating a specific era in your film so it’s quite natural that in order to make it look as authentic as possible you will even use music that was popular at that time. So the makers of ...

Two decades after Nusrat, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan takes the qawwali even closer to the song format and strengthens its place in film music It has been twenty years since Nusrat Fateh Ali passed away and ...

The qawwali, a musical genre closely associated with Islamic Sufi tradition, has evolved over the generations to include not just devotion, but romance, comedy and even social commentary in its fold.

Justin Bieber's hit 'Baby' was recently transformed into a Qawwali performance at a university event in Lahore, Pakistan, blending pop with traditional Sufi music. This unique fusion, using harmonium ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): "Erasing certain chapters on the Mughal Empire from the history books doesn't help much. Because certain arts like qawwali are related to the Mughal era," said qawwali Qutbi ...