LAHORE: With a string of musicians now in their ascent of glory, there’s no gainsaying that Lahore’s music industry is headed back on the track. The most recent to jump onto the bandwagon is the first ...

Allah ke bande, Piya Haji Ali, Khwaja mere khwaja...the list is long. Bollywood is smitten by Sufi music as composers churn out chartbusters by weaving its melodious flavour into their songs. Allah ke ...

The mesmerising sound of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia’s flute had the audience spell-bound at Cross Maidan on Monday night during the ongoing The Times of India Kala Ghoda Arts festival. The ...

Get ready for a night of soulful Sufi renditions at the Royal Opera house, Mumbai, by renowned vocalist Radhika Sood Nayak Sufi music aficionados have a treat in store for them. On November 22, sufi ...

BENGALURU: In a world that often feels fragmented, art serves as a bridge to something greater – a higher power of sorts. Few art forms encapsulate this transcendence better than Sufi music. Bengaluru ...

There aren’t many bands that take the Sufi fusion route, but Bengaluru-based #NA has been doing this for over two years. The band, comprising Abhishek Majumdaar on bass, Partha Pratim Ghosh on ...

M. Haja Maideen lives in Thethi village in Nagapattinam district. This third generation faqir (ascetic) of the Rifai tariqa (order) of Sufism has been singing Islamic devotional songs from the age of ...

It was a musically warm evening. Guests streaming into Summit, Taj Mount Road headed straight to the bar for a drink to refresh themselves. The slow strains of instrumental Sufi music played in the ...

Hands waved overhead. Voices shouted lyrics and whooped with delight. Children were hoisted onto parents’ shoulders. In the tightly packed crowd a few dancers made room to jump. T-shirts were tossed ...

For vocalist Smita Rao Bellur, transition is the song of life. Moving through life choices marked by shifts, from Bengaluru to Mumbai, Hindustani classical music to Sufi kalam and from a lucrative ...