Ustad Nusrat’s Nephews Keep Legend Alive in US Concerts

When the late legendary qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan first sang in the United States, his concerts weren’t so different from those he performed in his native Pakistan. Now carrying the message forward from a family line five centuries long are the young Khans — Rizwan and Muazzam Ali Khan — one critic dubbed “the Qawwali Clash” for their raw intensity, fiery voices and rhythmic inventiveness. The message of qawwali, like that of Sufism is universal and transformative peace and love. The word qawwali means “utterance.”