When Nusrat Came to Slough. Prof Virinder Kalra & Pritapl Singh on this historic event from 1989

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was undoubtedly one of the most popular Qawaali singers of South Asia and thus in 1989, Nusrat performed at Slough Gurdwara singing texts from the Sikh tradition.
Virinder Kalra joins the bookclub in conversation with Pritpal Singh to explore the ways in which Nusrat’s Qawaali engaged with other spiritual music texts. He will look at how the space of diaspora enabled interactions across religious boundaries and created the conditions to re-imagine a nineteenth-century Punjab in which the role of musicians was not delimited by their religious identity.

[@RajSinghKhalsa]

Wonderful discussion, brought back so many memories, I remember the first bootleg video tape of Nusrat I watched him on stage around 1988 with his children and when they did not hit the correct note he gave them a clip around the ear, absolute legend

[@sarboo]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you!

[@youknow6968]

I was never a big fan of nusrat in my younger days. It took age and maturity to understand this master. I hope the younger generation are more appreciative, because they have access to so many sources, such as this interview.

[@MusicSongbook]

Does Prof Virinder Kalra have an email?

[@tonys982]

What are the books called? Any links ?

[@satatmak9937]

One is the Spiritual Music of the Punjab. I looked for it on the net but could not find it.

[@satatmak9937]

It's Prof Virinder Kalra who is the writer.

[@youknow6968]

I don't think Sikhs realise the level of affinity that exists in Pakistan towards their Sikh brethren.