Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Classical

He didn’t break the rules. He bent them until they bled ecstasy.

To understand Nusrat, you cannot stop at the sufi poetry . You must enter the universe of the Raga . nusrat fateh ali khan classical

Before the 20-minute sargam (improvised solfège) that makes your soul leave your body, Nusrat was a Khayal singer. Trained in the Patiala Gharana (school) by his father Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, he learned the brutal discipline of classical structure. He didn’t break the rules