Qawwal Shahid Ali Khan
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Shahid Ali Khan is a Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 based singer in the Qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

 genre, a musical tradition that dates back over 700 years.

Biography

Shahid Ali Khan is born in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

, Pakistan, and brought up in a family of Qawwal musicians. He studied under Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and later performed with him.

Shahid has appeared on OMNI's Television show Chardi Kalaa. He has sung on the show and has also been interviewed by he show host Sarabjeet Singh.

Shahid has also been involved with numerous multi-cultural initiatives, such as performing at Toronto's Yonge & Dundas Square as a headliner of the 'DesiFest' South Asian Canadian music festival.

Recordings

Shahid Ali Khan released his first CD in Canada in November 2006. The self titled album is in the Qawwali music style - a tradition that dates back over 700 years.

See also

  • Music of Pakistan
    Music of Pakistan
    The music of Pakistan includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and modern day Western popular music influences...

  • List of Pakistani musicians
  • Qawwali
    Qawwali
    Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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