Nephews of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to go on Qawwali tour

The two lead singers come from a direct family line of Qawwali music that spans over five centuries. Their grandfather was an uncle of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and taught Nusrat the art of qawwali vocal music. They have continued their uncle’s pioneering efforts to transcend cultural, language and religious barriers and to bring to the world the devotional but vibrant Qawwali vocal music of the Sufi mystics. 

The band performs in traditional style – sitting on the ground rather than on seats – which they believe brings them closer to God. They sing in Farsi (Persian), Punjabi, and Urdu with an intensity that has led one commentator to call them, only half in jest, “the Qawwali Clash.”  

Their live performances are majestic, hypnotic, exciting, and deeply joyful, and it takes classical music into totally unexpected corners. Performing songs that use hypnotic vocal repetition to induce a state of ecstasy, their soaring voices are backed by a gharana, an ensemble of harmonium and tabla accompanied by handclaps. 

To coincide with this UK tour, the group have released a new album, At the Feet of the Beloved, to rave reviews. A moving collection of songs that ache with the frenzied anxiety of falling in love and dreamy desire of devotion, the album was released in March on Real World Records 

TOUR DATES 

29 September BIRMINGHAM Town Hall 
30 September LONDON Royal Festival Hall - LAST FEW TICKETS 
3 October BRADFORD St George’s Hall – part of Bradford 2025 City of Culture  4 October BRISTOL Lantern Theatre – LAST FEW TICKETS 

5 November GENT, De Centrale 6 November UTRECHT, Le Guess Who? Festival 9 November KORTRIJK, Sonic City Festival 

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