Live At Womad 1985

At midnight on Saturday night July 20 Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn and Party took to the stage. The group sit cross-legged in two rows and for some minutes there is a silent pause. What unfolded over the following hours stunned the audience. And it impressed upon Nusrat his remarkable skill at communicating with audiences from a different culture and language and with no understanding of the deep and ancient traditions of qawwali music. Singing to a non-Asian audience for the first time this music transcended barriers and lead to long and successful relationship with WOMAD and Real Word Records and Peter Gabriel, until Nusrats death in1996. Until now this remarkable concert has been locked in archives, unheard for 34 years. The original analogue tapes have now been carefully restored and digitised. Much work has taken place at Real World Studios to regenerate the live experience, which will now be released on this, the 30th anniversary of Real World Records.

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Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan And Party
Release Date: 26 July 2019
Genre: World Music
Label: PIAS/Real World
Distributor: MGM Music