Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Qawwali is the Sufi devotional music of India and Pakistan, ecstatic praise-songs traditionally offered ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Quakers Hill resident Abbas Raza Alvi recites Sufi poetry, he is doing more than just remembering words. "Creativity is a gift of ...

Qawwali has long been an art form that transcends borders and generations, drawing audiences into a trance-like state of rhythm and devotion. Think of yesteryear legends like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, ...

A sell-out event is set to mark the start of a new £99,000 project to empower South Asian women through music. Sufi heritage and Qawwali makes up the rich tapestry of Bradford’s cultural heritage.

Join us for a night of music with one of South Asia’s the most esteemed qawwali ensembles, Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers, who are leading exponents of more than 700 years of this mystical Sufi ...

Nizami Bandhu from the Sikandra Gharana boasts of a 750-year-old legacy. Led by Ustad Chand Nizami with Shadab Faridi Nizami and Sohrab Faridi Nizami, the artisteswill perform at a fund raiser for the ...

Students from a city music college came together to present a qawwali ensemble Students from a city music college came together to present a qawwali ensemble with singer Javed Ali and Mohammed Aslam.

Qawwali is like food for the soul and oxygen to the body,” says Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi about the musical tradition which his family has been carrying on for generations. “It helps the soul connect ...

Aficionados of sufi music in Kolkata were regaled by a three-day musical soiree, Sufi Sutra, at Mohor Kunja recently. However, a scintillating Flamenco performance from the Spanish music outfit El ...