something i like on sunday: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

I know I just said I was not really interested in this blog.  That was a few days ago, this is now.  Maybe each Sunday I will share something I really like.  I kind of like that idea.  I like to like.

I like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

I probably first heard his voice while watching Bandit Queen in the mid-nineties.  It caught my attention immediately- I don’t have to say much about it, actually— it is Sunday and I have not slept in a few days so just check out my clips:)

I love Taa Deem.  I love, love, love the album Star Rise and the ADF remix of ‘Taa Deem’.  Before I moved all of my music to mp3 format I went through two copies of that album.   Here is some guy playing his bass to it.  It was the best sounding clip of the song I could get on YouTube.

Here are two clips with songs from Night Song.  I listen to this album often around the house.  Something about it always alters my mood:

Here is an interesting music video I found:

and another:

Here is a link to the first part of a documentary  (in English):

sad that he passed on so young- here is a clip from his final concert:

There you have it: something I like very, very, very much.

Now sleep.