His voice was described by Time magazine as "the heartbeat of God." By owning his albums, you are not just buying CDs or streaming files; you are accepting an invitation to a mehfil (a gathering). You are sitting on the floor of a shrine in Lahore, listening to a man who could make you believe in the divine through sheer vocal force.
To speak of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is to speak of a force of nature. The man known as the "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (The Emperor of Qawwali) did not merely perform music; he channeled a transcendent, spiritual electricity that could lift audiences from deep meditation to frenzied ecstasy within the span of a single, 20-minute improvisation. With a vocal range that defied physics and a stamina that allowed him to perform for up to 12 hours straight, Khan remains the undisputed high watermark of Sufi devotional music. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Albums