For over 700 years, Qawwali music has entranced audiences throughout the world. Asia Society welcomes back the Riyaaz Qawwali ensemble as they apply this energetic musical form to ancient ghazal Urdu ...

She broke into the male bastion of qawwali singing several years ago and continues to enthral music lovers. Singer-composer Nisa Azeezi, 54, is among the recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka ...

Composed by Kaushal Inamdar, the qawwali ‘Ae Sanam’ is a prime attraction of the upcoming film Ranga Patanga. Few months back, I had found this ghazal written by Ilahi Jamadar and after reading the ...

ISLAMABAD: Sufi music seeks to unite listeners with the Divine by speaking to the soul about love, peace and harmony. Capital residents were treated to an evening of soul music titled “Mehfil-e-Sama” ...

The annual four-day Urdu Heritage Festival returned to the Capital on Thursday, offering a plethora of cultural events, ghazal and qawwali performances as hundreds of people crowded the Central Park ...

If timeless shayari is something you savour and subtle beats of the tabla along fluid notes on a harmonium gives you goosebumps, you would’ve loved to be at Chowmahalla Palace for the second day of ...

New Delhi: Irshaad, a new 24-hour digital ghazal channel, will cater to fans of the music genre. The platform will be launched in association with ghazal maestro Pankaj Udhas. Hungama Digital Media ...

CHENNAI: In a recently concluded Music and Literary fest by MGR University, a voice with layers of poetry grabbed the attention of over 300 students in the auditorium. Jyothi Nair Belliappa, a ...

The great Pakistani qawwali singer, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, dubbed the "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (the King of the Kings of Qawwali) died in 1997 at the young age of 48. He was right at the peak of his ...