Best Qawwali Singers

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WELCOME TO RIYAAZ QAWWALI
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QAWWALI SINGERS
The art of qawwali, as with most of the great
Asian musical and literary tra ditions, is
transmitted orally ... The vehicle of music is
used to bring one closer to the experience of
the inner truth. The qawwal will dwell on certain
words to give them a wider context creating
great depth in the apparently simple language
... He will often repeat a phrase or sentence
indicating both the obvious and hidden content
by emphasizing or ruminating upon particular
words and syllables, taking the audience into the
discovery of hitherto obscure meanings. Thus,
mundane objects are embued with deeper meaning
a spinning wheel becomes the wheel of life .
Riyaaz Qawwali group is the Best qawwali singers.
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Qawwali is an amazing genre of music, with lively
rhythmic cycles, gripping melodies and a unique
approach to adding improvisational poetry. It is
no wonder then that this genre has gripped the
attention of each musician that has joined the
group. It is the partys goal to re-familiarize
audiences in the United States with this unique
musical style. The songs which constitute the
qawwali repertoire are mostly in Urdu and
Punjabi (almost equally divided between the two),
although there are several songs in Brajbhasha
and Persian. The poetry is implicitly understood
to be spiritual in its meaning and the central
themes are love, devotion and longing (for the
Divine). Listen Ghazal in USA. A Ghazal is a
collection of couplets called shers that rhyme
and have a common refrain. Spend an amazing
evening full of satin words and wonderful
spirits.
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Qawwals have long come from Pakistan and India.
It will not be long that India and Pakistan will
be inviting Riyaaz Qawwali to present qawwali to
them.
Riyaaz Qawwali is an ensemble that represents the
unique diversity and plurality of South Asia.
The ensembles musicians, who are settled in the
United States, hail from India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and also represent
multiple religious and spiritual
backgrounds. Trained in eastern and western
classical music, the members have been
professionally performing qawwali for the past
eleven years. With conservative growth and
heightened attention to quality, Riyaaz Qawwali
has performed across the continental U.S., as
well as internationally in Panama.
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KASHTI - RIYAAZ QAWWALI'S FIRST ALBUM
Kashti was the debut album of the Riyaaz Qawwali
ensemble and was released in June 2013 and was
commercially made available in the Spring of
2014. Kashti, which mean boat or vessel in Urdu
and Hindi, was selected as the title to exemplify
the ensemble's use of music as a vessel to
explore different religious traditions and their
linguistic, philosophical, cultural, and moral
confluence
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ISHQ - RIYAAZ QAWWALI'S LATEST ALBUM

• Riyaaz Qawwalis 2nd CD features ghazals that are
  composed and performed in qawwali style. The
  selected pieces range from contemporary to
  classic poets. The CD tracks take writings that
  may have one angle and add another dimension
  more commonly found in qawwalis.

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BOLLYWOOD SUFI SONGS
Bollywood movies enriched with great Bollywood
Sufi songs. Riyaaz Qawwali hopes to take this
niche tradition of Sufiana Kalaam and expand its
reaches by introducing newer poets to traditional
compositions and modernizing the sound while
keeping authentic elements, all in efforts to
reach new audiences.
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Qawwali is a venerable yet refreshing musical
tradition that dates back to the late 13th
century. The word qaul refers to an "utterance
(of the prophet)" and the first Qawwals
(qawwali artists) repeated these qauls by making
them the subject matter of their
qawwalis. Famous among such artists was a man
named Amir Khusro. More than 700 years since
Amir Khusro composed the famous qaul Man Kunto
Maula, Riyaaz Qawwali envisions modernizing the
genre for today's audience, while staying true
to the ethos of qawwali.
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CONTACT US
6910 Hidden Treasure, Friendswood, Texas, 77546,
USA Phone Number 832-875-4139 Email
riyaazqawwali_at_gmail.com
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