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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Obituary by David Toop, MOJO, October 1997

"MUSIC IS THE HEALING FORCE OF the universe," So said saxophonist Albert Ayler, whose body was found floating in New York’s East River many years ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Best all-rounder since Botham?

Interview by David Toop, The Times, 22 March 1996

David Toop meets Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, ubiquitous superstar of world music ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Subcontinental Drift

Report and Interview by David Toop, The Wire, May 1996

In this extended edition of our monthly survey of sounds from around the planet, David Toop reports from the teeming streets, temples and concert halls ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Sequoia Athletic Club, Buena Park CA

Live Review by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 10 November 1992

A Spirited Performance of Qawwali: Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his eight-man group deliver an impressive set of intricate compositions to an appreciative ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Pyramid Arena, Long Beach CA

Live Review by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 18 September 1995

Khan Rocks Cal State's Pyramid Arena ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 1948-1997

Obituary by Mark Kemp, Rolling Stone, 2 October 1997

STAR OF PAKISTAN DEAD AT 48 ...

Best of All Possible Musics: Michael Brook and Loop Guru mess with Eno

Report and Interview by Nicholas Jennings, Eye Weekly, 26 July 1996

IN THE WORLD of ambient music, Brian Eno is god, the all-knowing, all-powerful genius of the recording studio. So omnipotent is Eno that his disciples ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Musical Missions and Spiritual Highs

Profile and Interview by Nicholas Jennings, Toronto Star, 19 November 1992

WHEN NUSRAT Fateh Ali Khan performs, people get high. They break into tears, fall into trances and feel like they're flying. They may even see ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party: Town Hall, NYC

Live Review by Richard Gehr, Newsday, 11 October 1992

SITTING CROSS-LEGGED on an Indian carpet, surrounded by his seven-man qawwali "party," rotund Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan may look like Jabba the Hut but he ...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, 1948-1997

Obituary by Will Hermes, Spin, November 1997

IT'S SADLY IRONIC that superstar qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan — the uncontested voice of modern Pakistan — would die on August 16, only ...

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