Fanna-Fi-Allah | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Canada United States |
Genres | |
Years active | 1996–present |
Members | Tahir Faridi Qawwal Aminah Chishti Qawwal Laali Qalandar Salim Chishti Ali Shan Abrar Hussain |
Website |
www |
Fanna-Fi-Allah ( Urdu: فنا فی الله) is a Canadian–American group which plays Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia. [1] [2] [3]
Group leader Tahir Faridi Qawwal (formerly Geoffrey Lyons), [4] [5] originally from Nova Scotia, [6] studied Indian classical music with the tabla maestro Harjeet Seyan Singh in India as a teenager. At 17, he converted to Islam and studied under qawwali masters Rahet Fateh Ali Khan, Pashupatinath Mishra, Sher Ali Khan and Muazzam Mujahid Ali Khan in Pakistan. [3] [7]
Aminah Chishti — aka Jessica Ripper, originally from Ashland, Oregon [8] — is a student of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan successor of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ustad Dildar Hussain (who played with Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for more than 28 years) and in 2003 became the first female tabla player to be initiated into the lineage of Qawwali. [9] [10]
Qawwal and Chishti started Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Ensemble in 2001. [11]
Fanna-Fi-Allah | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Canada United States |
Genres | |
Years active | 1996–present |
Members | Tahir Faridi Qawwal Aminah Chishti Qawwal Laali Qalandar Salim Chishti Ali Shan Abrar Hussain |
Website |
www |
Fanna-Fi-Allah ( Urdu: فنا فی الله) is a Canadian–American group which plays Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia. [1] [2] [3]
Group leader Tahir Faridi Qawwal (formerly Geoffrey Lyons), [4] [5] originally from Nova Scotia, [6] studied Indian classical music with the tabla maestro Harjeet Seyan Singh in India as a teenager. At 17, he converted to Islam and studied under qawwali masters Rahet Fateh Ali Khan, Pashupatinath Mishra, Sher Ali Khan and Muazzam Mujahid Ali Khan in Pakistan. [3] [7]
Aminah Chishti — aka Jessica Ripper, originally from Ashland, Oregon [8] — is a student of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan successor of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ustad Dildar Hussain (who played with Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for more than 28 years) and in 2003 became the first female tabla player to be initiated into the lineage of Qawwali. [9] [10]
Qawwal and Chishti started Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Ensemble in 2001. [11]