When the unfogettable qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died in Pakistan in 1997, be left a musical vacuum into which stepped his two teenage nephews. Despite their tender age, they were determined that their group Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali should continue their uncle’s pioreering
efforts to transcend cultural, language and religious barriers, bringing to the world the devotional and vibrant Qawwali music of the Sufi mystics. The music is steeped in the Sufi tradition with some of the poetry over 800 years old.