BROTHERS CARRY ON MYSTICAL TRADITION.Byline: - David Bloom David Bloom (May 22, 1963 – April 6, 2003) was an NBC journalist (co-anchor of Weekend Today and reporter) until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39. Early life In the two years since the great Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan This article is about the Pakistani musician. For the Turkish minelayer, see Nusret Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Urdu: نصرت فتح على خاں) (October 13, 1948 - August 16, 1997), a Pakistani musician, was died unexpectedly, a series of other qawwali Qawwali (Urdu: قوٌالی, Hindi: कव्वाली) is the devotional music of the Chishti Sufis of the Indian Subcontinent. Qawwali is a vibrant musical tradition that stretches back more than 700 years. performers connected with him or his equally pioneering father have tried to capture some of his crossover success. At 8 tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall, brothers Meher and Sheher Ali, who were taught by Khan's father and have been performing 34 years, will show their own distinctive take on qawwali, the ecstatic, trance-inducing music of Islam's mystical Sufi branch. The Ali brothers bring their own innovations to the 700-year-old music, creating a stereophonic Sound reproduction that uses two or more channels. Stereophonic is the formal term; "stereo" is more widely used. Contrast with monophonic. effect on stage by putting lead vocals on one side and echo on the other. Their singing is more delicate than the powerful Khan's, but with more complex rhythmic backing. |
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