LAHORE: With a string of musicians now in their ascent of glory, there’s no gainsaying that Lahore’s music industry is headed back on the track. The most recent to jump onto the bandwagon is the first ...

Allah ke bande, Piya Haji Ali, Khwaja mere khwaja...the list is long. Bollywood is smitten by Sufi music as composers churn out chartbusters by weaving its melodious flavour into their songs. Allah ke ...

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 ...

What was once confined within the walls of select dargahs has moved into films, night clubs, rock festivals and parties. Sufi music is everywhere today. "When someone sings Damadam mast kalandar on ...

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 ...

One may come across many wandering musicians in different towns and villages of the Larkana district who earn their livelihood by playing traditional musical instruments and singing folk songs. In ...

BENGALURU: In a world that often feels fragmented, art serves as a bridge to something greater – a higher power of sorts. Few art forms encapsulate this transcendence better than Sufi music. Bengaluru ...

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 ...

World Sufi Music Festival, Jahan-e-Khusrau, founded by filmmaker and cultural aficionado Muzaffar Ali will return after a two-year hiatus to the Capital. The three-day event which was initiated by Ali ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz ...