Thirteen years after his death, those who worked with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan still feel his loss deeply.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was an icon, whose music resonates in qawwali evenings and in any discussion about the history of Pakistani music, and whose loss continues to be felt. His work continues to be featured in Western productions, such as the recently released film Eat Pray Love, whose soundtrack includes “The Long Road” by Khan. {Read More…}

Hey, if you’re a fan of the legendary Pakistani Qawwali singer ‘Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan‘, famous for his Sufi devotional music was heralded by TIME as one of “Asia’s heroes. Now is the time to make your love known.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan utilized his six-octave vocal range prolifically, making a record-breaking 125 albums during his lifetime.

CNN’s first dedicated arts and culture show, “icon,” in conjunction with the music magazine “Songlines,” has shortlisted 20 globally renowned musicians from the past 50 years. Choose and vote for your top five most iconic musicians and then CNN will reveal the top five in “icon’s” interactive gallery at cnn.com/icon when their music show airs on August 25th. [Vote Here]

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Javed Bashir – Tumhe Dillagi (Download Audio)

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Artist: Javed Bashir

Song: Tumhe Dillagi

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This song is a part of an album called ‘Live Wire’ by Amit Rai.

Remembering Allan Fakir

Allan Fakir (1932–2000) (Sindhi: اَلڻُ فقيرُ, Urdu: الن فقیر), a Pakistani folk singer is a one of the foremost exponents of sufi music in Pakistan. He is particularly known for his ecstatic style of performance marked with extreme devotional rhetoric and sufi dance singing. His peculiarly funny body language and distinctively pleasing facial expressions marked with a broad smile, were always amusing for his audience at live performances.

It has been 10 years, since the country lost the legendary folk singer Allan Fakir.

After the success of ‘Remembering Iqbal‘, KoolMuzone Presents ‘Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Remembering Mirza Ghalib‘

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1. Dil Se Teri Nigah Jiggar Tak Utar Gayi

2. Dard Se Tujh Ko Mere Hai Bekarari

3. Hijar Mein Hum Diwaar-o-Dar Ko Dekhte Hain

4. Dost Ghamkhaari mein

Watch exclusive footage of portions of Ali giving tribute to Pakistani Pop artists! (at Kinnard College 30th April, 2010)

Artist: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Album: Remembering Iqbal

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1. Tere Ishq Ki Intiha Chahta Houn

2. Dil Soz Se Khali Hai Nigeh Pak Nahi Hai

3. Sitaron Se Aage Jahaan Aur Bhi Hain

4. Ya Muhammad (PBUH)

Pleasurable Time for Fringe Benefits’ Fans

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Sadaf Fayyaz

These are good news for the fans of Fringe Benefits. Fringe Benefits was a renowned band in early nineties with two good-looking young boys. A two member group with vocalist Shehryar and Keyboardist Mohemmed Ali, did a marvelous job with two of their song “Tanhai” and “Yeh Zindagi”, aired on Ghazanfar Ali’s Music Channel Charts. After Vital Signs and Awaz, the two most influential bands of Pakistan, this was a time when some new and fresh bands started their music. Many singers started their journey with Music Channel Charts. The band also did a peace song “Pyar Diyan Gallan” with Arid Zone and Fakhr-e-Alam. The album “Tanhai” did pretty well in the mid- nineties. After so many years, the band has decided to do some music again. There was a small session with Shehryar Kureshi of the band. {Read More…}

Sophia Jamal (Dawn News) pays tribute to the queen of melody, Noor Jehan in this report.

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Artist: Shafqat Amanat Ali

Song: Pyar Nahi Hai Sur Se Jisko

This is a unreleased song by Shafqat Amanat Ali and is a tribute to Ustad Amanat Ali Khan and Ustad Fateh Ali Khan.

The book “Shahi Hasan: From Vital Signs to a Music Legend” encompasses the journey of Shahzad Hasan from his days and works during the times VS was active, to his solo music career and contributions. I finished it in two weeks and it was very difficult to write on such a legend like him. Also, some of the facts, I had to research a lot regarding Vital Signs and their active years. The focus of this book is to provide some insight to Shahi’s fans regarding his solo accomplishments and contributions. I initially had a plan to get in print edition, but couldn’t afford it. So it’s online now. I have been getting a very good feedback from people reading it. It is also a collection of some articles that I have been writing the great band of Pakistan. After the disbanding, the group members have shifted their core energies to different fields. Though, I have tried to be as just as possible with it.

Here is the link for complete online edition

Sadaf Fayyaz

This is Abbas Ali Khan‘s humble tribute to the Legendary Arshad Mehmood Sahab, Nayyara Noor Ji, and Faiz Sahab. I know we all have memories with this amazing piece as it was the soundtrack of the famous Pakistani Drama Serial “Dhoop Kinare”. No one can re-create the magic of the maestros and i do not intend to do so either but i just tried to add my own flavor to the track and bring back some good old memories. Hope you will like my effort.

Download Abbas Ali Khan’s Version, Original by Nayyara Noor

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Hadiqa’s Comment on this video:

Oh My God!
Thankyou for posting this video it has brought back soo many memories i remember we were like “comming on tv lets put on any makeup possible” ufff we were soo naive hahaha and so “healthy” lol
really though thanks for posting this and if you have any more videos with me and my sister then please post them, i am posting a link to this video off my facebook page:)
once again thnx for posting this humiliating performance;) lol just kidding its really a beautiful moment.
<3
Hadiqa

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The Silhouettes – Bhavayia

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We present to you a top, pop local group, ‘THE SILHOUETTES’. These brilliant young contemporary musicians play tunes, some of which are folk, and were written before they were born, in such an original way as to give these melodies a new concept.

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The Mods – Bondure
The Mods – Spring Dance

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This album “FOUR FOLK INSTRUMENTALS FROM PAKISTAN” is a beautiful collection of traditional oriental tunes, played on modern western instruments, by “THE MODS”. This is their first disc and judging from the masterly performance quite a lot of creative work is expected of this upcoming group of young and talented quintet.