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  2. Aug 18, 1997 · Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Pakistani devotional singer who had worked with such Western musicians as Eddie Vedder, Peter Gabriel and progressive guitarist and producer Michael Brook, died...

  3. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan PP (Punjabi: نصرت فتح علی خان, Punjabi pronunciation: [nʊsˈɾət̪ ˈfət̪e(ɦ) əliː ˈxɑːn]; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), popularly abbreviated as NFAK was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director.

  4. Sep 27, 2024 · Unheard recordings by the famed Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died 27 years ago, have been released for the first time. The tapes were found in the archives of Real World...

    • ‘So Creative and Fearless’
    • Musical Influence
    • ‘Timeless, Ageless’

    Born in Faisalabad, Pakistan in 1948, and hailing from a family of well-known qawwali singers, Khan also sang ghazals – a form of romantic love and loss-themed poetry. Khan began performing in the late 1960s. He received numerous awards worldwide, including the President of Pakistan’s Award for Pride of Performance in 1987 for his musical contribut...

    Brothers Zain and Zohaib Alisaid Khan took a centuries-old art form and “made it easy” for today’s qawwals to keep the tradition alive in the 21st century. “The qawwals who came before Khan Sahib would perform one qawwali for more than an hour, with whole shows going on for more than eight or nine hours a day. When Khan took up the mantle in the 80...

    A month or so before Khan’s death, Ahmad said he attended a private performance of his and recalled how he was “not looking well at all”. “He had been undergoing kidney dialysis … and I remember telling my wife that I wish he would take a break. He was doing too much.” Not long afterwards, Khan fell gravely ill and was flown to London for treatment...

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  5. Jun 22, 2024 · Twenty-seven years after Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s death at 48, the maestro’s sublime voice that had once drawn the world to the qawwali’s wisdom will feature in a new album. On September 20, British record label, Real World Records, will put out four tracks by Khan, alongside his eight-piece ensemble, that were recorded in 1989, when ...

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  6. Aug 16, 2024 · His untimely death from a sudden cardiac arrest on August 16, 1997, at the age of 48, left a void in the music world but his melodies continue to live on, cherished by fans around the globe.

  7. Aug 16, 2022 · Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died at the age of just 48 on 16th August 1997. The government of Pakistan bestowed pride of performance in 1987 for his remarkable contribution to Pakistani music. He was also honored with the prestigious UNESCO music prize.