Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan BBC Radio 2 program

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Diane

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan BBC Radio 2 program

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BBC Radio 2 program from last night on the incomparable Sufi/Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... _Ali_Khan/

available until next week 11:02PM Thu, 23 Aug 2012
Guru of Peace - An Introduction to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nitin Sawhney presents an introduction to his vocal hero, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who was once dubbed the "Elvis Of The East".

The legendary Qawwali singer's music came over to the UK from Pakistan in the seventies, thanks to the OSA label in Birmingham and the singer entranced Britain's Asian community. Peter Gabriel booked Nusrat for his Womad World Music Festival and subsequently signed him to his Real World label, opening up a whole new audience through his film soundtrack work like The Last Temptation Of Christ and Dead Man Walking. Plus, collaborations with Massive Attack and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.

He died 15 years ago on this day of broadcast at the age of 48 leaving a legacy of over 125 albums. His vocals are kept alive by remixing and new productions by the likes of Gaudi, Asian Dub Foundation as well as Nitin Sawhney himself. His life and legacy is charted here with contributions from Peter Gabriel, his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Gaudi, actor Michael Sheen, singer Rumer, DJ's Andy Kershaw and Nihal, and producer Jonathan Elias amongst others.

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I saw Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan live in Vancouver before he died and I have to say it was incredible.
Amazing voice.
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