The concert opened with the iconic "Shaam-e-Qalandar", in which Arieb Azhar used the melody popularised by legendary singer ...

The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician ...

NEW YORK, April 5, 2017 — Pakistani singer Sanam Marvi offers insights into her music, vocal techniques, and philosophy in this lecture-demonstration, which includes Marvi performing several songs.

Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan — When Amjad Sabri, one of Pakistan’s best known performers of Sufi devotional music, was gunned down in Karachi, the country’s private news channels ran continuous ...

Experience one of Pakistan’s most treasured singers, Arif Lohar. Inheriting the talent and traditions of his iconic father, the legendary singer Alam Lohar, Arif Lohar embraces his heritage and ...

The intimate confines of the Charles H. Morris Center played host to one of the top exponents of traditional Sufi music in the world when female Pakistani vocalist Sanam Marvi and her quartet ...

Pakistan is mourning the death of one of its most famous musicians, a Sufi Muslim who was shot dead in an attack claimed by the Taliban, who consider his music blasphemous. Amjad Sabri, 45, was ...

Prominent Pakistani singer Amjad Sabri has been shot dead in Karachi in what police consider an act of terrorism. Two unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle fired on Sabri's car in the southern port ...

It is said he doesn't only sing but his vocal chords reverberate, which has enabled him to bridge the generation gap in music by partnering with Coke Studio, which is immensely popular with the youth ...

Residents of India-administered Kashmir hope to maintain musical heritage despite opposition. When Kashmiri teenager Shabnam Bashir first took up classical Sufi music three years ago, she had to ...