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.
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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 powers.
Since his unprecedented performance at Peter Gabriel’s world music festival Womad in 1985, he had been in the process of taking qawwali to the world — performing on festival and pop music stages, composing soundtracks (such as Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack for Scorcese’s Last Temptation Of Christ) and collaborating with musicians from different cultures like the 1990 hit album, Mustt Mustt, a fusion album that blended qawwali with producer Michael Brook’s funky basslines, choppy electric guitar and driving percussion.
Mustt Mustt remains a favourite among his fans and Canadian-based Indian ghazal singer Kiran Ahluwalia recently made a superb cover of the song, topping…