Sufi Qawwalis

AMG Review of Sufi Qawwalis

Bruno Deschênes
All Music Guide

This 2002 release of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's songs by ARC Music (previously released by Navras Records) presents four songs recorded during a concert that took place in London in December 1989 at the Kufa Gallery. Listeners hear a singer in perfect mastery of his qawwali art, singing in different languages, such as Farsi, Punjabi, and old Hindi. Nobody can remain indifferent to these songs and this great singer, even though one may not understand the poetry. Each song is a prayer that is intimately shared with everyone listening to him. Simply magical.