Are newer incarnations of qawwali straying away from traditions of this revered musical form and, even if they are, does it matter? I only have qawwali to blame for my first and solitary act of ...

We were driving on a lonely road that appeared to be going nowhere. It was not quite late but it was pitch-dark. I watched the lights of Chishtian town recede in the rearview mirror until they ...

The murder of the renowned qawwal, Amjad Sabri came as a rude jolt to the popular genre of vocal music, but to think that this will toll a death knell for qawwali would best be described as jumping to ...

This coming weekend, the city will be graced by special visitors, qawwals at the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya who can trace their lineage back to the 14th century, to the court singers of the ...

Qawwali is a unique way of expressing emotions and Islam was spread through Qawwali in the Indian subcontinent, said Naheed Manzoor. She was speaking at Mehfil-e-Sama held in connection with Ashra ...

Never mind how many times you’ve heard the legend of how Hyderabad’s Warsi family came to be custodians of a 900-year-old qawwali tradition —when Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi narrates it, you still get ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Over pulsating drums, vigorous handclaps and harmoniums, the voices come in waves, each higher than the last.

The annual Ramadan Samaa Sufi Festival, which began on 15 August, will see its last performance tonight by a medley of international troupes For the past four years, the Samaa Sufi festival has been ...

Fans of Qawwali music are in for a treat when one of the foremost exponents of this art form, Chand Qaderi Afzal Chishti, visits Cape Town. He and his party will perform at the Grace Arena in Parow on ...