Sufi music

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Sufi music refers to the

Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid
.

puritan forms of Islam, declaring music to be unhelpful to the Sufi way. [citation needed
]

Sufi love songs are often performed as ghazals and Kafi, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets.

Musicians

See also: List of Sufi singers

Coke Studio Pakistan
and now is owner of his music producing company Soul Speaks.

Delhi 6 , Kun Faya Kun in the film Rockstar and Maula Wa Salim in the film O Kadhal Kanmani. He has performed many Sufi concerts in The Sufi Rout at Delhi. He performed Light Upon Light in Dubai with Sami Yusuf
.

Bengali singer

Lalan Fakir and Bangladesh's national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
scored several Sufi songs.

Junoon, a band from Pakistan, created the genre of Sufi rock/Sufi Folk Rock by combining elements of modern hard rock and traditional folk music with Sufi poetry.

In 2005,

Bulla Ki Jaana," which became a chart-topper in India and Pakistan.[1][2]

Madonna, on her 1994 record Bedtime Stories, sings a song called "Bedtime Story
" that discusses achieving a high unconsciousness level. The video for the song shows an ecstatic Sufi ritual with many dervishes dancing, Arabic calligraphy and some other Sufi elements. In her 1998 song "Bittersweet", she recites Rumi's poem by the same name. In her 2001 Drowned World Tour, Madonna sang the song "Secret" showing rituals from many religions, including a Sufi dance.

Singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt's record The Mask and Mirror (1994) has a song called "The Mystic's Dream" that is influenced by Sufi music and poetry. The band mewithoutYou has made references to Sufi parables, including the name of their album It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright (2009). Tori Amos makes a reference to Sufis in her song "Cruel".

Mercan Dede is a Turkish composer who incorporates Sufism into his music and performances.

Shohreh Moavenian is an Iranian singer who sings Rumi's poems. She has produced two albums by the title "Molana & Shora 1 and 2" in which she incorporates elements of pop and traditional Persian music.

See also

References

  1. Calcutta. Archived from the original
    on July 5, 2005. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  2. ^ Bageshree S. (26 March 2005). "Urban balladeer". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-23.

Further reading

  • Sufi Music Sufi music of India and Pakistan: sound, context, and meaning in qawwali, by Regula Qureshi.
    ISBN 0-521-26767-6
    .

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