Qawwali music has moved with the times. Women are now welcomed both to perform and watch it, which they weren't for a very long time. It has also become really popular all over the world.
Today, qawwali, as a form of spiritual music sung at shrines of Sufi saints, has undergone a dramatic transformation. Now qawwali has become a secular, commercial genre performed on the concert stage ...
Saptak on one side, Qawwali and folk on the other, and now, a growing demand for contemporary and fusion music. Amidst this, ...
Qawwali is a musical form associated with the sama’, spiritual concert, of the Chishti Sufi Order. In its religious context it functions as a way to bring members of the order into a trance-like state ...
Once he'd reached the age of fifteen Rahat was cemented as part of his uncles renowned Qawwali performance group, from there he began to venture into solo work and is now a prolific Qawwali artist ...