A rare pic of NFAK with Dead Man Walking Cast & Crew. Dead Man Walking featured one of NFAK’s best fusions ever .. " The Face Of Love"… apart from the soulful background scores.
Click Here To Listen “The Face Of Love” Click Here To Listen “A Long Road”
A few newspaper clips from 20th August 1997 reporting NFAK’s demise…….. Even Music Cried ……….
The Following fan Story is from Santosh Ojha from India, about his first contact with trance and ecstasy, I mean NFAK…. This is a Story of an usual Indian Discovering the great Nusrat in early 1990, and was first published on his blog in 2006 . A great read… " Don’t forget to send your stories at admin@nusratonline.com
It was a bitterly-cold winter evening in Delhi when I discovered Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Fortified with some whiskey I was listening to, and watching Nusrat. This was in late 1990 at a senior colleague’s house. I remember the date because I had just been transferred from Bangalore to Delhi. Delhi was a city I was hardly familiar with. I knew very few people there. And the December winter of Delhi was bitingly cold! I was a bachelor and the invitation from my colleague for drinks and dinner at his place, close to the company guest house I was staying, was most welcome. He, a Sardar, was a generous host and he plied me with good whiskey. More significantly, during the course of the evening, he introduced me to Nusrat’s music.
[Read More]Link for Part 1 of this Series: Click Here Link for Part 2 of this Series: Click Here
1. Man Kunto Maula (Awesome Improvisations ) 01 - Man Kunto Maula-0001.mp3
2. Ho Karam Ki Nazar 02 - Ho Karam Ki Nazar-0001.mp3
3. Nee Mai Jana Jogi De Naal 03 - Ney Mein Jana Jogi De Naal-0001.mp3
4. Dama Dam Mast Qalandar 04 - Dhamadham Mast Qalander-0001.mp3
5. NIt Khair Manga 05 - Nit Khair Mangan Sohnia Main Teri-0001.mp3
TV Recordings ( From Some News Channel)
[Read More]Nusrat’s haunting voice has been one of a kind music-therapy for his fans for years now, it seems to wash away the pain and transport us a more joyous world, or some times closer to divine. Well this is not the first time , I have heard stories of NFAK’s music used in treatment. Even when back in 90’s NFAK received “Pride Of Performance” in Pakistan, the rumour was that his songs treated the disturbed daughter of the military ruler. Then there were many reports from Japan and parts of Africa where NFAK’s music was used in Research and therapy. But this time I have a story of NFAK’s music used in Clild Birth.
“What A Lucky Child, He came to this world Listening to the Legend”
So you all might be knowing about the famous KCRW “Radio Station” , NFAK himself made a couple visits here. Here is a story from KRCW’s DJ, Tom Schnabel about how NFAK’s music was used during birth of Anil Dewan’s son (KRCW’s Webmaster).. read along..
[Read More]Sameena researched, scripted, narrated, packaged, interviewed, anchored & produced sub-continent’s prominent personalities based prog. series Shakhsiyat, episode no. 21 featuring world known qawwali singer/ vocalist from faisalabad punjab pakistan, rizwan ali khan & moazzam ali khan, nephews of legendary ustad nusrat fateh ali khan , for rajya sabha tv
Here are a few HD recordings of NFAK.. I am sure this is just a start, You will see a lot of High Definition Nusrat Fireworks soon..
A few recording from Our Channel:
The Epic 68 minutes Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai Performance in 720p
and now some BBC Recordings:-
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Allah Hoo Allah Hoo, Live At BBC Pebble Mill ,Birmingham 1986
A few Awesome uploads by Balraj Jittla (1080p)
[Read More]This audio was recorded in Anand Bakshi’s house in 1997 during a NFAK Welcome Party, many guest celebrities were present to meet NFAK … and Anand’s Bakshi forced NFAK to sing hislatest composed “Ishq Di Galli Wich " ..
“Ishq Di Galli Wich " was a uper-hit song from movie “Kachche Dhaage” , composed by NFAK. However he offered the song to Hanj Raj Hans (who did a good job) , wonder how it would have been if he wound have sang it himself
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