9/26/2016 Sangam

(Host: Ahmed and Nadya) An excerpt from Red Fairy from Willian Dalrymple's "Nine Lives" coupled with related music. Nine Lives is about the  search for the sacred in South Asia and Red Fairy features the Sufi saints of Sindh in Pakistan, specifically Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and Lal Shahbaz Qalander. Music by Abida Parveen, Sanam Marvi, The Ali Khan Band, Ustad Sultan Khan, Junoon, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Also, a couple of jazz pieces by Asha Puthli and Trilok Gurtu.

 

Some links to more information about Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and Lal Shahbaz Qalander can be found in my blog post here.