There is probably no Sufi practice that has historically been more evident and more controversial than sama’, or listening to music as a means of altering one’s state of consciousness. Sama’ ...

The 14th season of the Kashmir Sufi & Folk Music Festival, 'Shashrang,' was recently held at Tagore Hall, Srinagar. Organized ...

He incorporates Sufism, a mystical stream of Islam, into his music; he is known for compositions that incorporate the poems of Rumi, the 13th-century poet and Sufi mystic. Azad has performed in Sufi ...

Abida Parveen, born in 1954 in Larkana, is not just a name but an institution in the world of Sufi music. From an early age, her voice had begun garnering appreciation in her hometown, but it was ...

Historian William Dalrymple journeys to Morocco, Turkey, Syria and Pakistan to explore whirling dervishes, Qawwali singing and other forms of music sacred in Sufism, the branch of Islam that ...

She caught my eye. “When the Sufi music is good,” she said by way of explanation, “you are not just listening to it from outside — It enters into your whole body and soul.” So it does, when it is good ...

Mohinder’s home was filled with melodies and the soulful rhythms of Sufi songs that left an indelible mark on his heart.

1/2. In the first of two award-winning programmes, first broadcast on BBC World Service, Jameela Siddiqi attends the all-night festival at the cradle of Sufi music, the Nizamuddin shrine in Delhi.