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Devotional Music of South Asia

The South Asian Music will brings you an amalgamation of traditional devotional songs for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and more communities with vast of of entertainment. Lets fall in love with South East Asian music and songs performed by Riyaaz Qawwali group.

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Devotional Music of South Asia

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  1. RiyaazQawwali Experience US Sufi Music Now

  2. ABOUT US LISTEN TO RIYAAZ QAWWALI SONGS Riyaaz Qawwali performs the phenomenal and gripping music style called qawwali, or sufi music. Riyaaz Qawwali represents the diversity and plurality of South Asia. The ensemble’s musicians, who are settled in the United States, hail from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and represent multiple religious and spiritual backgrounds. Trained in eastern and western classical music, the members have been professionally performing qawwali for the past twelve years. With conservative growth and heightened attention to quality, Riyaaz Qawwalihas performed across the continental U.S., in Panama andEurope.

  3. SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC DEVOTIONAL MUSIC OF SOUTH ASIA Each faith uses music in a beautiful way. South Asia is no exception. Sikhs use shabad - kirtan as a primary mode of hearing their religious text. Hindus have a one path dedicated to such singing and devotion. Muslims, and sufis especially, use dikr and qawwali as a way to connect with God. The South Asian Music will brings you an amalgamation of traditional devotional songs for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and more communities with vast of ofentertainment. Lets fall in love with South Asian Musicand songs performed by Riyaaz Qawwaligroup.

  4. BHAJAN Hindus sing bhajans as part of a religious ceremony. The lyrics are in many Indian languages. While there are no musical prescriptions for bhajans, usually a harmonium and tabla are used as the instruments to support the main singer. Riyaaz Qawwali has performed severalbhajans. These include Raghupati raghav raja ram, Man lagyo yaar fakeeri mein, Gaiye ganpati jagvandan, Hare rama hare krishna, Payo ji maine raam ratan dhan payo,etc.

  5. SHABAD In Sikhism, singing and reciting shbads from Shri Guru Granth Sahib is of utmost importance. The lyrics, or shabads are in Punjabi. There are strict prescriptions to raags for each shabad in the Guru Granth Sahib.Riyaaz Qawwali has performed several shabsds. These include Koi bole ram ram koi khudai, Awwal allah noor upaya, Tohi mohi mohi tohi antar kaisa, Mittar piyare nu, Vin pucheya hi kai jaaye,etc. QAWWALI Sufis join in religious gatherings for the sole purposeof listening to qawwali. These sittings are called mehfil-e- samaa. The lyrics are in Persian, Urdu orPunjabi. Riyaaz Qawwali has performed several traditional qawwalis. These include Man kunto maula, Aaj rung hai, Tere ishq nachaya, Taajdare haram, Bhar do jholi meri Muhammad, Allah hoo,etc.

  6. RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN LISTEN TO RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN'S SONGS Rahat Fateh Ali Khanis a Pakistani musician, who has had several hits in Bollywood.. He is the nephew of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan. While he has moved away from traditional qawwali as was presented by his father and uncle, he is doing a great deal to bring qawwali to the masses. Using his fame, he tries to share some highlights of qawwali in his major concerts. In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other lightmusic. Some of his renditions of his uncle’s originals have brought those old songs back into the listening spheres for youngergenerations. These include Mere rashke qamar, Tumhein dillagi bhool, and Allah hoo. One of the traditional qawwalis he sang with his uncle was attempted by Riyaaz in2011.

  7. LIVE PUNJABI FOLK MUSIC IN USA Qawwalis are far lengthier than a typical modern song. They average 15 minutes, with the longestsingle track being on the upwards of 70 minutes! Audiences today are used to listening to short pieces. The Experiment aims to bridge thegap. The effort will also introduce modern musical elements, traditionally not heard in qawwali. The purpose: to give these compositions a similar texture to what is found in pop music today. While, we will not abandoning the traditional elements of qawwali (like harmonium, clapping, tabla-dhamma, etc.), the modern elementswill be used to enhance thepieces. The plan is to have quarterly releases from May2016.

  8. WADALI BROTHERS SONGS The Wadali Brothers – Puranchand Wadali and Pyarelal Wadali – are Sufi singers and musicians from Guru Ki Wadali in the Amritsar District in Punjab, India. Born into the fifth generation of musicians given to singing the messages of Sufi saints, the Wadali brothers dabbled in the most unexpected of professions before they became Sufi singers. While Puranchand Wadali, the elderbrother, was a regular in the wrestling ring for 25 years, Pyarelal contributed to the meager family income by playing the role of Krishna in the village raas leela. Their music has a beautiful richness to it. And it is because of this richness and the beautiful lyrics that we sing some of their pieces. One of their most famous songs, which was also recreated in Coke Studio India, was recorded by us in 2010. Listen to Wadali BrothersSongs.

  9. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR With a harmonious blend of South Asian and the Western influences, Sonny K. Mehta leads theensemble astheartisticdirectorforRiyaazQawwali.Withover24yearsofclassicalmusictraining,he has spent halfofthattime devotedtounderstandingandgrowinganawareness ofqawwali. With fluency in Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and English, he is well suited to be a cultural ambassador and takea very secluded/folk art form (as well as the associated poetry) to the Western audiences and the newer South Asiangenerations. His eastern musical influences include Ravi Shankar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sher Ali Mehr Ali, Jagjit Singh, Jasraj, Bhimsen Joshi and Abida Parveen. His poetry favorites are Bulleh Shah, Baba Farid, Amir Khusrrau, Saint Kabir, Mir Taqi Mir, Mirza Ghalib and Shiv Kumar Batalvi. He is equally moved by western artists in diverse genres including blues, pop, rap, gospel, country and spokenword. Across the last few years, Sonny has lead lectures and talks on the role art can play in better understanding the culture and people of South Asia. These sessions have been conducted at Universities (i.e. Harvard University and Univ of Chicago), museums (i.e. The Getty Museum), schools (i.e. Richmond Elementary and Dallas High school) and majornon-profits.

  10. CONTACT US 6910 Hidden Treasure, Friendswood, Texas, 77546,USA Phone Number: +832-875-4139 Email:riyaazqawwali@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/riyaazqawwali/https://twitter.com/riyaaz_qawwali/ https://www.instagram.com/riyaazqawwali/

  11. THANKYOU http://riyaazqawwali.com/

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