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Recorded in the wake of the late Khan's triumphant performance at the 1985 WOMAD festival, this 10- track collection features the lighter, folkier side of the Pakistani classical music singer's repertoire. Accompanied by his nine-member "party" on acoustic guitar, mandolin, and a full complement of tabla and harmonium, Khan unleashes typically stunning vocal phrases marked by blinding speed, cutting tone, and unearthly ornamentation. The infectious "Yaad-E-Nabi Gulshan Mehka," with lyrics in praise of Muhammed, finds the qawwali singer at his most effervescent, while the ghazal (love song) "Mast Nazroon Se Allah Bachhae" features an insistent hand-clapped rhythm and the full Party chorus singing together in unison.

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Recorded in the wake of the late Khan's triumphant performance at the 1985 WOMAD festival, this 10- track collection features the lighter, folkier side of the Pakistani classical music singer's repertoire. Accompanied by his nine-member "party" on acoustic guitar, mandolin, and a full complement of tabla and harmonium, Khan unleashes typically stunning vocal phrases marked by blinding speed, cutting tone, and unearthly ornamentation. The infectious "Yaad-E-Nabi Gulshan Mehka," with lyrics in praise of Muhammed, finds the qawwali singer at his most effervescent, while the ghazal (love song) "Mast Nazroon Se Allah Bachhae" features an insistent hand-clapped rhythm and the full Party chorus singing together in unison. --James Rotondi
Although the Kahn family had been developing a mastery of Qawwali (the singing of the devotional music of Islam) for over 600 years, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn originally had no intention of following the family tradition. It was a recurring dream--in which he was performing at a famous Muslim shrine atAjmer, India--that finally convinced Nusrat to take up the study. Astonishingly, his dream came true in 1979. While visiting the same temple as a pilgrim, he was invited inside tosing. Nusrat was the first Qawwal ever to receive this honour.
Upon hearing Kahn's astonishingly elastic and superhuman voice, neither this story nor the artist's subsequent rise to international success seems unbelievable. DEVOTIONAL AND LOVE SONGS combines traditional religious songs with sensuous secular songs about love. Backed by a chorus of singersand accompanied by tabla, harmonium, and mandolin, Kahn's singing conveys ecstatic power on each track. He casts loops and nets into the ether as if he is trying to capture heaven. This music is as meditative, energetic, and deeply spiritual as one might expect. But its sheer melodicism and accessibility may surprise the uninitiated. An excellent example ofa rare, beautiful, and deservedly sacred music.

Reviewer:
Nusrat Fateh Ali has a commanding voice and booming sonic presence. the Music of Qawalli is often an acquired listening experience. While i cannot speak for the listeners who listen to this musical form without knowing the linguistic intricacy and beauty mentioned in Qawalli verses, i can speak for the ones that do know the language its mostly sung in.

Musically the soundscape is beautiful and full of range and pleasing to the ear, knowing the lyrics behind it however gives the listener a totally new , almost religious sense of experience to this music, which most people feel is a very trance like state often that Whirling dervishes go into.

However, anyone can truly enjoy the bliss featured within Qawalli rhythms and melodies which often seem natural, resonating with the listener's mindsets. The Japanese have claimed to have said that God resides in the vocal chords of Nusrat. The range expressed herein might bring that statement to elevation. It is not for everyone though. Qawalli music often takes patience to grow into a listening experience. Once the rapture of the sounds have you, its hard to let go.

Performers:
Dildar Hussain - Tabla
Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan - Harmonium, Vocals
Ghulam Fareed - Vocals (Background)
Majawar Abbas - Guitar, Mandolin
Maqsood Hussain - Vocals
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Main Performer, Vocals
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Vocals (Background)
Rahmat Ali - Harmonium

Tracks:
1. Allah Hoo Allah Hoo
2. Yaad-E-Nabi Gulshan Mehka
3. Haq Ali Ali Haq
4. Ali Maula Ali Maula Ali Dam Dam
5. Mast Nazroon Se Allah Bachhae
6. Ni Main Jogi Naal