LoginThe Rough Guide to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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The Rough Guide to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan celebrates the singer who died tragically young four years ago, and who single-handedly put the Pakistani qawwali style on the international map. The music's mystical peace and love message may have made it a laudable export, but its freewheeling modes can be initially hard on the Western ear. What sold it to audiences was this man's extraordinary vocal virtuosity. He could holler with rasping roughness, or he could weave the most delicate melismas. He was adept at pacing his long solos--these 10-minute tracks are mere excerpts--and at building to a blazing climax. All these songs
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Manufacturer: World Music Network
Release date: 4 March 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0605633107821 UPC: 605633107821
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Release date: 4 March 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0605633107821 UPC: 605633107821
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