Little did I suspect that in those gaudy stall-like establishments at the numerous dargahs that dot the Indian countryside lay a musician and singer of such power…such amazing virtuosity. A phrase from a Nusrat qawwali that I use to describe my feelings for the late genius.įor many years before he became a towering figure in world music, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the great Pakistani qawwal, was sold on cheap tapes at Sufi shrines in the subcontinent.
