◇ image via WikipediaNusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ali Zafar, Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, Strings, Jeff Buckley and Peter Gabriel. Those roots explain a lot about how Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Zafar, Kailash Kher, Nazia Hassan and Mehdi Hassan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Devendra Banhart, Kailash Kher, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ankit Tiwari and Bally Sagoo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, reaching back through Ali Zafar and forward to Devendra Banhart. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, also known by his initials NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director, primarily associated with qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music from Pakistan and India. He ranks as one of the most influential South Asian singers of all time. Widely recognised as the "Shahanshah-e-Qawwali", he has been recognised as one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR and 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. The New York Times named Khan the greatest qawwali singer of his generation. Credited with introducing Qawwali music to international audiences, he was known for his vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan connections
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan grew out of Ali Zafar, Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, Strings and Jeff Buckley, shares an orbit with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Zafar, Kailash Kher and Nazia Hassan, went on to shape Devendra Banhart, Kailash Kher, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Ankit Tiwari. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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