Khan Brothers qawwali group at Crawley Intl. Mela, W.Sussex. UK 31.07.10


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Khan Brothers qawwali group have been performing in this genre for seven generations. The late Latafat Hussein Khan, was the teacher of such famous names as the Sabri Brothers. His son Haji Ameer Khan along with his group continues this lineage of Sufi mysticism by performing worldwide at various music festivals and at smaller more intimate venues too.

Ustad Haji Ameer Khan, son of Ustad Latafat Husain Khan who come from classical gharana and have also given teaching to the famous Sabri Brothers. The term qawali itself applies both to the musical genre and the occasion of its performance. Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in areas with a historically strong Muslim presence, such as Pakistan, especially Punjab and Sindh, and parts of North India. The style is rare, though not entirely absent, in North and West Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Kashmir. It is a musical tradition that stretches back more than 700 years.

Ustad Haji Ameer Khan and brothers come from one of the Indian sub-continent's most ancient and respected musical families. Since coming to Britain in 1991, they have run one of the few groups in Britain singing traditional Qawaali, the intense devotional style associated with Sufi Muslims, now well-known in the west due to the success of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
The brothers are from Pakistan, born in Karachi, whose family have been musicians for seven generations. Ameer learned from his elder brother. By 1977, at the age of six, Khan Brothers had begun performing at weddings and internationally with his father by the age of 12. Ameer soon followed in his footsteps. "We would sing classical, pop, and mixture of whatever the public needed," Ameer says.
"Hindu and Sikh people respect our music, too," "Here in Britain everyone is together Indian and Pakistani. There is no separation."
Although the brothers are steeped in the tradition of classical music, they are also keen to collaborate with contemporary musicians from different cultures.

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