Utterance. The music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - ACE444.2

I INFLUENCES Peter Gabriel, Musician, describing how Pete Townsend introduced him to qawwali singing. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his party performing "The truth is Ali / Ali is my master / To look at Ali is to worship / Thus said the Prophet…" [Haq Ali Ali]. Nahid Siddiqui, Classical Dancer, thinks that Ali Khan’s music has become popular in East and West because of sound classical training. Ali Khan and party performing at open-air concert. "Going to Mecca, the matter does not end there…". Harminder Kalsi, Graphic Designer, says that Ali Khan’s music brought him something he’d missed out on in his own culture. Concert: "Going to the Ganges, the matter does not end there…". Ali Khan talks about his family’s musical background, and the different styles used by his father, Fateh Ali Khan (dhrupad), and his uncle, Mubarak Ali Khan (khayal) which, unusually, they combined together. Concert. The song finishes.