Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Urdu: نصرت فتح علی خان‎; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), a Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis. Considered one of the greatest voices ever recorded, he possessed an extraordinary range of vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours. Extending the 600-year old Qawwali tradition of his family, Khan is widely credited with introducing Qawwali music to international audiences. He is popularly known as "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali", meaning "The King of Kings of Qawwali". Born in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Khan had his first public performance at age of 16, at his father's chelum. He became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971. He was signed by Oriental Star Agencies, Birmingham, England, in the early 1980s. Khan went on to release movie scores and albums in Europe, India, Japan, Pakistan, and the U.S.A. He engaged in collaborations and experiments with Western artists, becoming a well-known world music artist. He toured extensively, performing in over 40 countries.
==Links To Peel ==
Peel was a great fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's singing voice. On his show from 17 July 1985, he mentioned listening to tapes of the singer and his group sent to him by the Birmingham-based label Oriental Star Agency, saying that he listened to cassettes of their "devotional music of the Sufis" in his car, when driving home from gigs late at night. and found them "incredibly uplifting". 
Despite this, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan doesn't appear very frequently in Peel playlists, but his colleague Andy Kershaw was also a fan of Nusrat's music and would often play his songs on his shows.
==Shows Played==
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;1985
*17 July 1985: Judaian De Dukhre (v/a LP - Womad Talking Book Volume One: An Introduction) WOMAD
*11 September 1985: Ali Maula Ali Maula Ali Dam Dam (LP - Best Of Qawwal And Party Volume One) Star
;1986
* 13 May 1986: Ali Maula Ali Maula Dam Dam (LP - Best Of Qawwal And Party Volume One) WOMAD
* 21 May 1986: Mast Nazroon Se Allah Bachhae (album - Best Of Qawwal And Party Volume One) WOMAD 004
* 17 June 1986: Yaad E Nabi Ka Gulshan Mehka (LP - Best Of Qawwal And Party Volume One) WOMAD
;1990
*29 September 1990: مَست مَست (Mustt Mustt) (Massive Attack Remix) (12") Real World
*06 October 1990: Musttt Mustt (Massive Attack Remix) (12") Real World 
;1991
* 21 July 1991: Jhoole Jhoole Lal (Radio Mix) (12" - Jewel) Star
* 22 July 1991 (Radio Bremen): Jhoole Jhoole Lal (Radio Mix) (12" - Jewel) Star
* 26 July 1991 (BFBS): Jhoole Jhoole Lal (Radio Mix) (12" - Jewel) Star
== See Also ==
*The Collection (Peel Acres - Charlie Bones)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Last FM
Category:Artists