Daily Almanac for
Aug 30, 2008
Search White Pages
Info search tips
Bio search tips

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistani singer

Khan, Pakistan's best-known, most talented qawwali singer brought Sufi devotional songs to the West through his collaboration with Eddie Vedder on the soundtrack to Dead Man Walking and Peter Gabriel on The Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack. Qawwali songs, marked by sprawling rhythms and intoxicating lyrics, are the devotional songs of the Sufis — Islamic mystics.

Born: 1948
Died: 1997

Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Jim Kensil1997 DeathsDorothy Kingsley
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark

More on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan from Infoplease:

  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan singer Born: 10/13/1948 Birthplace: Lyallpur, Punjab Province, Pakistan ...
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan singer Born: 10/13/1948 Birthplace: Lyallpur, Punjab Province, Pakistan ...
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Rapture Music Club In world music as in other kinds, stunning voices win more ...
  • Selected Biographies: K - Selected biographies of well-known people and fictional characters

Premium Partner Content
HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.