January 15, 2006
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The Late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
and the QawaliQawwalis are sufi devotional songs from the subcontinent, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan probably the greatest master ever of the qawwali.
I've listened to Nusrat's cd's all day today, brought back again and again to the qawwalis by Ifti's statement yesterday that it is the beat of the qawwali, a straight 4/4 beat, relentless and unlike the more intricate rhythm patterns of north and south Indian classical music, that opens the door to the trance state, the goal of sufi devotional music, after all.
I'll have a longer post about this incredible singer later in the week. Meantime, here's a link to a video of the late Nusrat and his nephew and vocal heir, Rahat. (start with the top of t he video links.)
The one with Rahat and Eddie Veddar of Pearl Jam with a song from Dead Man Walking takes me apart, knocks me down. Rahat's voice is vastly open, expansive, pure and the phrasing simply exquisite. (when have you seen me write in superlatives? almost never....)
This singing is, for me, just about as close as it gets to the divine.
pearlbamboo
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Dead Man WAlking, as in the soundtrack from the movie which Ty Cooder made?
Maybe you could clue me into to some good Iranian music? Here and there I've found some good stuff. I've found that hearing it live is much easier on the ear for me. But besides some Persian Rap, by DEEV ( deev.org ), and Poems by Hafez and some Jazz by Gahsemi (hope I have the "English" version of the names correct) I haven't found anything I can stomach.
Prduced by Rick Rubin! To me that's big. I'm a huge fan of a couple people/groups he's produced.
RYC: Yay Lily!!! Tomorrow night... I will be thinking of you! You are awesome and I've no doubt you will be awesome tomorrow night as well! And as for the "just maybe." Oh nonsense and rubbish! Just DO it!!!!!! :huge hugs: ~Barbi
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