Album: Intoxicated Spirit

Song Title

Time

Yeh Jo Halka Halka

Ruk Pe Rehmat Ka

Be Wafa

Meri Saqi Saqi Yeh

Album: Intoxicated Spirit

Song Title

Time

Yeh Jo Halka Halka

Ruk Pe Rehmat Ka

Be Wafa

Meri Saqi Saqi Yeh

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (vocals).
Recorded live in Pakistan.
INTOXICATED SPIRIT was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.
Personnel: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (vocals).
Recording information: Pakistan.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his party of singers are heard here performing the ancient ritualistic style of music known as qawwali, which comes from the poetry of ancient Sufi masters. Nusrat, up until his death in the late 1990s, was its key torch-bearer.
His inimitable voice glides effortlessly over the tabla drums and harmonium. His vocal range is impressive, and the passion with which he sings is always immediately apparent and moving. Few artists truly capture the essence of humanity and divinity in their music as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan does with every composition here. Highlights include "Yeh Jo Halka Halka," and "Meri Saqi Saqi Yeh."

Professional Reviews

JazzTimes (10/96, p.79) - "...Khan & Party demonstrate the fluid, improvisation-fortified riches of this Sufi devotional music with Khan's supple tenor soaring above the rich aural foundation. The operative word is party, albeit of a sublime sort."

Option (11-12/96, p.114) - "...there is (an) indescribable quality to Nusrat's voice that cuts through everything....the four tracks here are uniformly good and have a buoyant, grooving quality that verges on the funky, and are quite likely to intoxicate even the most sober of listeners."