Sufi music is more than just a genre—it is an ... The poetry, often written in Persian, Urdu, or Punjabi, expresses themes of devotion and the search for the divine. Over the centuries, artists ...

Shaksaaz, a tailor in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, inherited his passion for local Sufi music from his grandfather along with a meticulously preserved collection of audio cassette tapes from the ...

Kaykhorso Pournazeri, founder of Shams Ensemble and highly regarded as the father of Sufi music, will be joined on stage by his two sons, Tahmoures and Sohrab Pournazeri. Other Iranian musicians ...

In Global Muslims in the Age of Steam and Print. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 143-157 2012 “Between Heaven and Hell: The Relationship Between Music and Islam in Persian Sufi Treatises ...