When you think about a genre of music many names come to a person's mind. For instance, when someone thinks about pop names like faakhir, haroon, adnan sami, and sonu nigam come to their mind. But there is only one name when someone thinks about qawwali: NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN. He is undoubtly the greatest qawwal to set foot on this earth. His voice goes deep inside a person and pull something out right from the heart. It's been more than 12 years since he passed away but till this day you can still hear people blasting his music and praising his talent. There have also been some songs of his that have been remastered and are out for the public. One of my favorites these days is Tere Bin Dil Na Lage from the indian film traffic signal [video on below]. Legends live forever but there can never be a greater legend than Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Himself.
Trivia:
Khan comes from a legendary Qawwal family who an unbroken tradition of qawwali for over 6 centuries.
Pakistani music includes diverse elements ranging from music from other parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian folk music, Persian music, Turkish music, Arabic music as well as more modern American music influences. With the multiple influences, Pakistani music has emerged as a "fusion" of many other types of sounds together to form a distinctly Pakistani sound. Many well known artists and bands have come out of Pakistan such as Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Strings, Jal, Bulleh Shah, Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, Vital Signs, Abrar Ul Haq, Faakhir, South Asia's Biggest rock band Junoon, and the list just keeps going on. Pakistani music varies from Classical to Ghazal, Qawwali, Folk, Hamd, Filmy, Pop, Rock, and the not so popular in Pakistan: Hip Hop. Internationally Pakistan has been successful in Classical, Qawwali, Pop, and especially Rock with so much popularity in Pakistan that it has already developed 2 sub-genres and gained millions of fans all over the world [Pakistani rock is an interesting genre because its mixes both American rock and Pakistani classical music].
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