Sufi, Qawwali music

I recently discovered that the little bits and pieces of sounds from the Asian subcontinent which have always captured my attention were Oawwali and then I learn of a man's voice I had heard long in the past, but never knew of. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and I'm on the path to becoming a huge fan of his music.

I cannot put into words his songs are so easy to follow yet highly complex in his own delivery. I'll find myself just nodding my head to the tune and after a while he'll 'wyle-out' and I will be like what the hell did he just do!? It's a shame he's no longer with us he died in 1997, but his nephew Rahat carries on the tradition.

This song is about everything 'God is' or
"Allah Hu"



He get's revved up in this one

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Yes I've listened to some other Qawwalers on youtube and haven't been impressed except for Rahat

And that song you posted is a good one!

It amazes me how you can have so much tradition yet be very progressive, simplicity yet sophistication.

He flows on these, would anyone have the English translation?

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Always love when the chorus kicks in

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I should just change this to the Nusrat thread lol...

slow it down a bit

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Nice, check him out here

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Allan Faqir is another kind of singer of Sufi music that I like as well.

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The younger Faqir

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKHfn...eature=related

Arieb Azhar performing poetry by Hazarat Khawaja Ghulam Farid (with english subtitles). Not sure if this amounts to qawalli but its definitely sufi. Its about how there is no word or words to describe the beauty and greatness of god.

PS: How do i post a youtube video? like not a link but an actual video?

Originally Posted by bamxa91

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Arieb Azhar performing poetry by Hazarat Khawaja Ghulam Farid (with english subtitles). Not sure if this amounts to qawalli but its definitely sufi. Its about how there is no word or words to describe the beauty and greatness of word.

PS: How do i post a youtube video? like not a link but an actual video?

I should retitle this thread Sufi, but to post a video just copy the part of the url after the equals sign and then click the youtube tag and paste it in.

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If you have not heard beautiful Christian chant I beg you to click on the link in my sig called poloyphony and chant.

Yes I have a The Lily and The Lamb by them.

I am a Sufi, I follow the Chishti Order

a very popular Sufi song in praise of Lal Shabhaz Qalandar:



Iranian Sufi music:

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THAT FROM BROKEN CRESCENT!!!

I have the Passion of Rumi on one of my NAXOS cds I'm sure of it! good tune.

Shahram Nazeri is one of Iran's greatest musicians

This qawwali is a lot more gloomy but it is powerful:

Not bad, here's one that gives me a little chuckle, but still good

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One of my favourite qawwalis



dedicated to one of my favourite Sufi saints too whose shrine I have visited

So what is the range of Sufi music styles besides Qawwal?