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 ...

What was once confined within the walls of select dargahs has moved into films, night clubs, rock festivals and parties. Sufi music is everywhere today. "When someone sings Damadam mast kalandar on ...

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 ...

World Sufi Music Festival, Jahan-e-Khusrau, founded by filmmaker and cultural aficionado Muzaffar Ali will return after a two-year hiatus to the Capital. The three-day event which was initiated by Ali ...

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 ...

HIS SONGS strike a serene chord. They can enliven a dull mood. Sufi singer Ahmed Hussain Warsi talks with Hindustan Times on the growing popularity of this form of music, the spiritual significance of ...

New York: 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 ...

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 ...