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WORLD Homage to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Festival Hall .....

NUSRAT Fateh Ali Khan was a singer of Pavarotti-like stature and popularity, who brought Pakistani Sufi music to a huge international audience until his death a decade ago.

Marking that anniversary, this concert featured his nephew, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who was trained by and often performed with Nusrat.

The style of Islamic devotional music popularised by Nusrat is qawwali, featuring ecstatic vocals accompanied by harmonium, tablas and handclaps. Largely thanks to Nusrat, it's become popular in concert halls around the world, although I last heard Rahat ...

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