Professor NFAK - The Story Of NFAK's Stay At University Of Washington

University Of Washington invites Celebrity Visiting Artists every year for it’s  Ethnomusicology Program. In 1992-93 they took a chance to Invite NFAK, hoping he wont turn up. To their surprise , NFAK happily agreed (eventually) … why hadn’t he … he was going to get great chance to spread his music to a completely new audience and ample resource for his musical-cross blendings.. .. The program was a huge success as not just students but even faculty members and artists from different universities as well as different parts of USA turned up for the program…the fact that his students became one of the most Hardcore NFAK fans ever was not at all surprising… He also gave one of his most memorable performances ever at Meany(University Theater) after huge request by students . NFAK was awarded an honorary Doctorate later by the University ……… What Follows is a writeup by Professor Hiromi Lorraine Sakata remembering  NFAK’s Stay… [Read More]

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live in Concert at Wembley Conference Centre London UK 1993

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live in Concert at Wembley Conference Centre London UK 1993 (Imran Khan Cancer Charity Appeal Show ) Full Concert Video (Low Quality but still nothing less than a treasure).. [Read More]

Nusrat Online Official Youtube Channel Deleted

Dear Fans,

The Nusrat Online Official youtube channel has been permanently deleted by Youtube last week despite our best efforts to save so, owing to multiple copyright strikes by labels.

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We are working on an alternate mechanism to upload / showcase all NFAK videos at one place searchable and tagged, and will soon get back with further updates.

Happy Birthday Nusrat!, You Will Live Forever

64 years it has been , And In My Life & In Life Of Millions Others , Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is Still Alive . I sometimes Wonder how different world had been if he was still there Making it a place where " People from All Religions , Countries and Languages live in love and Harmony " . Many you might be knowing that the birth NFAK was nothing less than God’s blessing  for their family  , as he was born after four sisters… Her sisters were so happy that they were running out in streets shouting and writing on walls that " God blessed them with a brother" , who knew that day it was a blessing not just for their family but for the entire world. [Read More]

A few lines in Loving Memory of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

A few lines in Persian dedicated to the legend..

ياد باد ان صحبت شبها كه با نوشين لبان

بحث سرعشق وذكرحلقۀ عشاق بود

Read it as:

sabre besyar bebayad , pedare pire falak ra

ta degar madare giti , cho to farzand bezayad . saadi

Translation:

The father of  universe must wait a loooong time

It may again, mother of universe  give birth to another one like you.

By: Mr. Ebrahim (NFAK’s friend and one of his biggest fans.)

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live In Paris 1990

An awesome concert with crowd going mad with each performance (Thanks to Mirza Waleed for this treasure), Not an official Recording, taken back sometime in 1990.. Enjoy..

Tracks:

Shamus Ud Doha BAdar Ud Doja

Shahbaaz Qalandar (Laal Meri Patt Rakhio )

Yeh Jo Halka Halka

Kande Utte Mehrman Wea Mein

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Reliving Nusrat Forever ! - Presenting the Exclusive Nusrat Store

It’s 68th Birth Anniversary of Nusrat Saheb. His presence has only enlarged. It was just last year on this day that google tributed him with a doodle on it’s home page calling him " the voice that helped bring “world music” to the world". This year we wanted a similar gift & there was no better time to reify our long thought idea of an Exclusive Nusrat Store , where fans can buy Artwork, Clothing, Books, & Memorabilia. It’s time to relive Nusrat in a whole new way.

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Remembering Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Desh Videsh Volume 603

Some people are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. With Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan it had only been the first two. This legendary singer was born on 13 October 1948 in Lyallpur (later renamed Faisalabad), Pakistan.Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was one of the greatest Qawwals (Sufi singers) ever been on this earth. One of the most popular singers in the Indian sub-continent, Khan predominately sang Qawwali*, the music of devotional Sufism, but incorporated other forms including Khyal (traditional classical) to produce a unique style that appealed to followers of all religions. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a genius singer of Qawwali. Like no other, Nusrat’s performances transcend religious boundaries and his music caresses the soul with its passion.

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When I hear you sing, Oh Nusrat

-over-poemnfakOh Nusrat!

I have not seen Allah or Muhammad or Ali Nor have seen Krishna Neither have I heard the Bansuri of Mohan

And yet when I hear you sing Oh Nusrat I am convinced that there must have been Allah & Muhammad & Ali And Krishna & the maddening Bansuri of Mohan

I have not heard Tansen & Baiju Bawra & Tana Riri

Nor have I seen Deepak Raag lighting up lamps and Raag Megh bringing thunder & rains

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Why Qawwali needed NFAK - Yahoo Screen , ANI

Late Qawwali icon Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who is also popularly known as “Shahenshah-e-Qawwali”, can be easily termed as the one who single handedly made Qawwali a popular genre of music world-wide. [Read More]