The Unexpurgated intros for the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan interview by Jeff Buckley
The Unexpurgated intros for the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Interview by Jeff Buckley [1966-1997]
Recently, I had the honor of actually meeting and conducting an interview with a man I deeply revere … above all other artists, I think. If you don’t know the music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn then I’ll leave you with a recommended list at the end of this little deal. There’s actually going to be a Tim Robbins feature coming out sometime that has a soundtrack of his music along with a couple of songs that are duets with Eddie Vedder. I hear they rule. They will. But its different music than what I’m actually talking about here. I’m talking about Qawwali music, the music of the Sufis.
INTERVIEW MAGAZINE wanted to have me interview Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn for the new January Issue. I’ve always wanted to meet him, so I agreed to come to his hotel and talk with him for an hour or so into a tape recorder. I came in without any prepared questions. It was to make sure that we could be more natural and spontaneous. (more…)
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