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About Riyaaz Qawwali
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Qawwali is an amazing genre of music, with lively
rhythmic cycles, gripping melodies and a unique
approach to adding improvisational poetry. It is
no wonder then that this genre has gripped the
attention of each musician that has joined the
group. It is the partys goal to re-familiarize
audiences in the United States with this unique
musical style. The songs which constitute the
qawwali repertoire are mostly in Urdu and Punjabi
(almost equally divided between the two),
although there are several songs in Brajbhasha
and Persian. The poetry is implicitly understood
to be spiritual in its meaning and the central
themes are love, devotion and longing (for the
Divine). 
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Sufi Qawwali CD
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Qawwalis are far lengthier than a typical modern
song. The profound value of this ancient
tradition is captivating on many levels
spiritual, cultural musical. Visit our website
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There are some wonderful songs about the great
master riyaaz as well as sufi music as a broad
topic. Unique journey of our qawwali ensemble
studying performing qawwali worldwide.
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Qawwali is a venerable yet refreshing musical
tradition that dates back to the late
13th century. The word qaul refers to an
"utterance (of the prophet)" and the
first Qawwals (qawwali artists) repeated
these qauls by making them the subject matter of
their qawwalis. Famous among such artists was a
man named Amir Khusro. More than 700 years since
Amir Khusro composed the famous qaul Man Kunto
Maula, Riyaaz Qawwali envisions modernizing the
genre for today's audience, while staying true to
the ethos of qawwali. In this regard Riyaaz
idolizes Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who took
semi-classical qawwali to new heights of
popularity in both the Hindustani Shastriya
Sangeet as well as the World Music circles
through the 1980s and the 1990s. Riyaaz Qawwali
hopes to take this niche tradition of Sufiana
Kalaam and expand its reaches by introducing
newer poets to traditional compositions and
modernizing the sound while keeping authentic
elements, all in efforts to reach new audiences.
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Qawwali is an amazing genre of music, with lively
rhythmic cycles, gripping melodies and a unique
approach to adding improvisational poetry. It is
no wonder then that this genre has gripped the
attention of each musician that has joined the
group. It is the partys goal to re-familiarize
audiences in the United States with this unique
musical style. The songs which constitute the
qawwali repertoire are mostly in Urdu and Punjabi
(almost equally divided between the two),
although there are several songs in Brajbhasha
and Persian. 
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Hamd - praise for Allah Naat - praise of the
Prophet Muhammad Manqabat - praise of either Imam
Ali or one of the Sufi saints Marsiya - dirge
lamenting the death of much of Imam Husayn's
family in the Battle of Karbala Kafi - devotional
poem themed around heroic and great romantic
tales from the folkfore, often used as a metaphor
for mystical truths, and spiritual longing
characterized by a musical refrain that sets a
mood much like in a Ghazal Munadjaat - song where
the singer displays his gratefulness to Allah
through a variety of linguistic techniques Ghazal
- poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and
a refrain. Although the ghazal is most
prominently a form of Persian and Urdu poetry,
today it is found in the poetry of many
languages. In an attempt to modernize the sound
and reach newer audiences, Riyaaz Qawwali started
'Project Kashti'. Therein, Riyaaz also performs
the following in a Qawwali format Bhajan -
generalized religious devotional song integral
but not limited to the bhakti movement Shabad -
hymn or paragraph or sections that appear in The
Guru Granth Sahib (holy text of Sikhism)
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