Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan came from a family of qawwals stretching back centuries and led its party in performing the devotional Sufi music of Pakistan and northern India at shrines and weddings. His collaborations with Peter Gabriel on Real World Records brought qawwali to audiences who had never heard of it, without diluting the core repertoire. His nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan carries the family line forward. He died in 1997.