A longtime favourite, who has been featured here before, doing his very first session for Andy Kershaw. Only two tracks, but in true Qawwali style, pretty long ones , of course.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's Kershaw Session #1
recorded: 1988.Feb.25 / broadcasted 1988.Mar.10 / rpt: 1988.Apr.21
setlist: 1.Allah Hoo (8:41) / 2.Yannabee Noor Hotum (9:37) [incl.in/outros by Andy Kershaw]
KHAN-NFA-19880225_Kershaw Session BBC
Nusrat and his party played one year later a second session for Andy Kershaw, alas, to my knowledge, no recordings of that one have appeared, so far...
While downloading you can listen here to the special "Guru of Peace" about "The King of Kings of Qawwali" made by Nitin Sawhney for the BBC
Nitin Sawhney presents an introduction to his vocal hero, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who was once dubbed the "Elvis Of The East".
The legendary Qawwali singer's music came over to the UK from Pakistan in the seventies, thanks to the OSA label in Birmingham and the singer entranced Britain's Asian community. Peter Gabriel booked Nusrat for his Womad World Music Festival and subsequently signed him to his Real World label, opening up a whole new audience through his film soundtrack work like The Last Temptation Of Christ and Dead Man Walking. Plus, collaborations with Massive Attack and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.
He died in 1997 August at the age of 48, leaving a legacy of over 125 albums. His vocals are kept alive by remixing and new productions by the likes of Gaudi, Asian Dub Foundation as well as Nitin Sawhney himself. His life and legacy is charted here with contributions from Peter Gabriel, his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Gaudi, actor Michael Sheen, singer Rumer, DJ's Andy Kershaw and Nihal, and producer Jonathan Elias amongst others.
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