There aren’t many bands that take the Sufi fusion route, but Bengaluru-based #NA has been doing this for over two years. The band, comprising Abhishek Majumdaar on bass, Partha Pratim Ghosh on ...
The mesmerising sound of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia’s flute had the audience spell-bound at Cross Maidan on Monday night during the ongoing The Times of India Kala Ghoda Arts festival. The ...
The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...
Get ready for a night of soulful Sufi renditions at the Royal Opera house, Mumbai, by renowned vocalist Radhika Sood Nayak Sufi music aficionados have a treat in store for them. On November 22, sufi ...
Kashmir's Sufi Music Lovers Are Sticking With the Audio Cassette SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine ...
M. Haja Maideen lives in Thethi village in Nagapattinam district. This third generation faqir (ascetic) of the Rifai tariqa (order) of Sufism has been singing Islamic devotional songs from the age of ...
When you are joining one of the biggest names on the Indian Sufi music scene, the Wadali Brothers, for a performance on stage, being nervous is expected. And it doesn’t make it any less nerve-wracking ...
Hands waved overhead. Voices shouted lyrics and whooped with delight. Children were hoisted onto parents’ shoulders. In the tightly packed crowd a few dancers made room to jump. T-shirts were tossed ...