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NFAK Live at Womadelaide Festival Australia 1995 Concert Audio

Womadelaide festival 1995

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan performing Haq Ali Ali ( Ali Maula Ali) & other timeless melodies at Womadelaide (WOMAD at Adelaide (Australia) ) at his best blending great classical tunes into Hypnotic Qawwali rhythms. We  Heartly Thank, Ehsan Khalid  for this great treasure.. Visit his Channel Here

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Haq Ali Ali - NFAK Live at Womadelaide festival 1995

Womadelaide festival 1995

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan performing Haq Ali Ali ( Ali Maula Ali) at Womadelaide (WOMAD at Adelaide (Australia) ) at his best blending great classical tunes into Hypnotic Qawwali rhythms. We  Heartly Thank, kallashah (Original Uploader) for this great treasure..

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NFAK without doubt remained the most loved act of the three day festival (24-26th Fab 1995). Here is what a reviewer had to say

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Sufi Radio - 24 Hours Non Stop NFAK Radio on Windows 8 & Windows Phone

sufi radio nusrat nupur

An absolute treat for Windows users. Microsoft, Winjit & Nupur Audio Ltd have Launched “Sufi Radio” App for Windows 8 & Windows Phone which will provide 24 hours seamless radio stream of some of the greatest and even rarest Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Songs absolutely free of cost. Other featured artists includes Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parween, Sabri Brothers, Reshma & more.

App also promises a big collection of songs never heard before. So get ready for surprises..

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Also check out the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Fanfinity App. It’s a all in one packed app for NFAK fans featuring images,songs,videos etc from internet sources. Though bit buggy, but definitely worth a try..

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Natural Mystics: The Prophetic Lives of Bob Marley and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Natural Mystics cover.jpgI can’t think of any musician, whom I have admired more than NFAK, but to my own surprise, I gradually realized that I was inspired more by Nusrat, the saintly human being than Nusrat, one of the greatest Musicians Ever. This book by Varun Soni focuses on the religious aspects of  lives of NFAK & Bob Marley, and how they used technology and popular culture to spread their messages - making it different from other biographies or books focused specifically on music. [Read More]

‘Velvet Fire’ - the Legacy of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan by Dinuk Wijeratne

Dinuk Wijeratne NFAKDinuk Wijeratne revisits Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s legacy from a Musician’s  & student’s point of view. He writes

What I find personally instructive and inspiring is the notion that Nusrat endorsed any collaboration in which the essence of the traditional material was preserved. Like a flower in a foreign garden, our perception of the purity of a single entity is changed, perhaps even enhanced, provided that it continues to bloom untouched in a different environment to what it is used to. Nusrat’s renditions of Qawwali were able to do so regardless of their immediate contexts. Click Here to Read Full Article

All Gods Are One, He is everywhere & within everyone - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

All Gods Are One, He is within everyone & Everywhere - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Performance Excerpt from 1993 “Allah Hoo” Recorded in London, 1993 by BBC

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Artistic Renditions continued..

The first pic in gallery is a very minimal yet highly expressive poster of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The theme rhymes with the unbelievably simple and modest personality of Nusrat. [Read More]

Best of Young Nusrat 1 - Tu Rahnaward-e-Shauk Hai

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party performing in a village

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party performing in a village

It’s time for best of Recordings of Young Nusrat & yes 100% Raw Nusrat from 1970’s. Most of these Recordings have been Ripped from Early Cassettes of Nusrat , by his oldest fans..

Pure Qawwali with Greatest of Lyrics & Greatest of Compositions.. Set in Mehfils, Villages , People going Waah Waah in background.. It’s time for Enlightenment with unmatchable duo Nusrat & Iqbal ..     Tu Rehnaward-e-Shauk Hai … Mazil na Kabool

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