Sufi is a new kind of music that is catching the attention of everyone, whether it is youth or the older generation. This music is supposed to have been originated directly from Sufism. Sufism refers to the teaching of Muhammad which is said to be a path which will lead to a strong bond between one and the divine. More appropriately, a Sufi song is said to be a collection of poems which have been composed by Islam’s greatest saints from the very beginning of Sufism. Continue reading ‘About Sufi Songs’
Shubha Mudgal is a famous Indian versatile singer who has mastered Hindustani Classical Music, Dadra, Thumri, Khayal and also the latest pop genre. She was born in 1959 in Allahabad to Skand and Jaya Gupta. Professionally her parents were teachers, but they had great interest in classical music as well as Kathak. Continue reading ‘Shubha Mudgal’
Roop Kumar Rathod was born to Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod who himself was an eminent personality in classical music and had the credit of training the likes of Kalyanji Anandji and Manhar. As music was in his blood, Roop started learning tabla at a very tender age. With time his talent of tabla playing reached its zenith and he got the chance of performing with the greats like Anup Jalota and Pankaj Udhas. Continue reading ‘Roop Kumar Rathod’
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was born in the year 1974 in the city of Faisalabad to Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan. He was a singer, more specifically a singer of Qawalli. Apart from Qawalli, he also mastered ghazals. His family had been associated with Qawalli for more than 6 centuries. He was trained by his uncle and the famous maestro in Qawalli, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Continue reading ‘Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’
Gurpreet Shergill, popularly known as Rabbi Shergill was born in 1975. His father is a Sikh Priest and his mother is a Punjabi poet and also a college principal. He did his schooling from Guru Harkrishan Public school. He completed his graduation from Sri Guru Tegh BahadurKhalsa College and started for further studies at Fore School of Management. But his first love, music, persuaded him to drop his studies and start his quest for a life in music. Continue reading ‘Rabbi Shergill’
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a great Pakistani singer and was born in 1948 in Faisalabad. He was called Shahenshah e Qawalli which means the emperor of Qawalli. He was the son of Ustad Fateh Ali Khan who was a man of many talents as he was a vocalist, instrumentalist and a distinguished musicologist. Continue reading ‘Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’
Kailash Kher is a leading singer in the genre of Sufi Music. He was born in Meerut in the year 1976. His father was a Pundit and he used to listen to his father singing folk songs throughout the day. He started his training of classical music when he was 12 years old. Continue reading ‘Kailash Kher’
Junoon is one of the most famous Pakistani Rock bands, which is based in two of the most important Pakistani cities, Lahore and Karachi. Junoon was initiated in 1990 by Salman Ahmad who was a doctor by profession. Continue reading ‘Junoon’
Hans Raj Hans was born in a small village near Jalandhar and is a very famous Punjabi singer. His parents were ordinary peasants. Though he had no musical background, he was attracted to music by Sitara Singh who was a street singer and used to sing Punjabi spiritual songs. Hans used to Continue reading ‘Hans Raj Hans’
Ghulam Ali is one of the most famous Sufi singer world had ever witnessed. He was born in 1940 at the Kaleke village in the district of Sialkot which is in present Pakistan. He received this musical gene from his family as his father was a maestro in sarangi and a vocalist. Continue reading ‘Ghulam Ali’
Begum Abida Parveen, better known as Abida Parveen is a Pakistani singer and was born in 1954 in Larkana, which is in Sindh Province. Her basic music training began under Ustad Ghulam Haider who was her father too. Continue reading ‘Abida Parveen’