Music
Qawwali Gospel Creation
Sat, Jun 13, 2009
- 8PM
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June 2009
Saturday June 13, 2009
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Part of
Spring Season 2009
Faiz Ali Faiz & Ensemble
Craig Adams & the Voices of New Orleans
With its pulsing drums and harmoniums, arduous incantations, and
euphoric choral refrains, nothing induces a state of spiritual
intoxication quite like Qawwali, a 700-year-old tradition of
hypnotic Sufi praise music.
Qawwali Gospel Creation unites one of the genres revered
torchbearers, Pakistani singer Faiz Ali Faiz, and his ensemble with
African American gospel music-a music tradition equally steeped in
cathartic song-in a joint evening with renowned pianist/singer
Craig Adams and the Voices of New Orleans, raising the spirit in
ecstasy.