In this concert, masterworks by modern female poets Parveen Shakir and Amrita Pritam will be sung in the radiant tradition of qawwali music for the first time. The nationally celebrated (and ...

This playlist features Pakistani and Indian world music artists I deeply admire. They bent the rules and took chances, creating something new and sublime along the way. The most famous female qawwal, ...

around 1982 on a WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) album. WOMAD was Peter Gabriel’s world music label and brainchild. This was right about the time when a bunch of Brit record executives coined the ...

PAKISTAN is a land of great singers, such as Mehdi Hasan, Noor Jahan, Farida Khanum, Abida Parveen and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, to name but a few. The same is true of the specific field of Qawwali, which ...

Why did you decide to revisit the iconic qawwali, Nara-e-mastana? It is my all-time favourite qawwali by Abida Parveen ji. When I first heard it, I got mesmerised by her voice. I kept listening to it ...

Karachi, 3am, winter 1999. I am sitting in a garden where the temperature is several degrees higher than in the adjoining driveway. It could be because of all the people packed into the garden, but it ...

Mahira Khan, the renowned Pakistani film and television actress, continues to captivate social media with highlights from her private and star-studded wedding. A recent post by the Superstar actress ...

ISLAMABAD: Legendary folk singer Abida Parveen powerful performance of famous Sufi kalams captivated the audience at Qawwali Night hosted by a local hotel on Saturday, creating a deep sense of ...

Riyaaz Qawwali has been performing the gripping musical style of qawwali for over 16 years. The musicians, all settled in Houston, have roots from India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh with various ...