The duo took many musical and cultural risks to integrate the modern and traditional in their work, and certainly Nusrat Ali Khan, who was in the next generation, looked to them for inspiration. San Francisco-based, The Ali Khan Band takes the genre even further. On stage and in the studio, Riffat Salamat lends a graceful lyricism to the band. Her presence, her songwriting, and the luminous creative chemistry with her brother Sukhawat make The Ali Khan Band unique among world fusion bands on the scene today. I am so glad to be able to live in this time.
Music is becoming the melting pot, a place where cultures cross, boundaries break down.
It's an extraordinary time for communicating through music. I hope it continues this way. I hope people reach new understandings of each other through the love of music . We are very small, but we can do something, and I believe that that something will count. Listen to sound samples.