Sufi singer Jamal has spent decades devoted to his craft but now fears for his future as hardline Islamists gain ground in post-revolution Bangladesh. Conservative Muslim groups regard Sufism as ...

MUMBAI, (ANI) – Kailash Kher, a celebrated singer who has impacted the music industry with his unique Sufi-inspired style. Here are five of his most iconic songs that have redefined Sufi music for ...

FARIDKOT (IANS) – The BJP’s candidate from Faridkot in Punjab is humming songs of Baba Farid, a Sufi saint whose writings are part of Sikh scripture, to soothe the protesting farmers — a creative ...

Sufi music, or Qawwali, is often performed by one lead singer, two back-up singers, percussion with one’s hands or traditional Indian drums the dholak and tabla and the harmonium, a free-reed keyboard ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

The global COVID-19 pandemic has taken us into an era of social distancing. By relying on online digital media, we may be isolating ourselves from more local and diverse communities. As an ...

The NY Sufi Music Festival sought to combat perceptions of Islamic Radicalism by representing and celebrating Sufi values of peace, tolerance, and respect through music. The New York Sufi Music ...

You surely must have heard his voice in Bollywood songs like the energetic Speaker Phat Jaaye (‘Total Dhamaal’ - 2019), O Maa Tu Hai Meri Jaan (2025), Adhuri Dastaan and Aankh Hai Bhari Bhari. He has ...

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 ...

Pyarelal Wadali, one half of the celebrated Sufi duo, Wadali Brothers, died of cardiac arrest yesterday morning. The younger brother of singer Puranchand Wadali was 75. He breathed his last at Fortis ...

ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Saturday night saw the opening of a gleaming new gallery in Islamabad, Abida Parveen Gallerie or AP Gallerie, as it’s popularly called. The new space showcased an array of designer ...

There is probably no Sufi practice that has historically been more evident and more controversial than sama’, or listening to music as a means of altering one’s state of consciousness. Sama’ ...