Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a Pakistani vocalist, musician, composer, and music director, universally revered as the 'Shahenshah-e-Qawwali' (The King of Kings of Qawwali). Descended from a continuous 600-year lineage of Qawwals, Khan possessed a voice of astonishing extraordinary vocal range, physical endurance, and spiritual intensity.

Singing in Urdu, Punjabi, and Persian, Khan brought the ecstatic, mystical Sufi devotional tradition to secular concert halls across the globe. Collaborating with Western artists like Peter Gabriel, Eddie Vedder, and Michael Brook, his transcendent vocal improvisations captivated listeners worldwide, earning praise from Jeff Buckley, who called him his greatest vocal influence.