A Better Destiny
- by Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali
- Realworld Region: Africa, Asia 1
- Jul 2001
The new album from Rizwan-Muazam Qawwali Group - the youngest and most exciting group of Qawwali singers to emerge from Pakistan over the last decade. The group are torch bearers in the long line of tradition in Qawwali vocal music - devotional praise and love songs based upon classical Islamic and Sufi texts.
Reviews
Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali : A Better Destiny - CD £7.99
A straight Qawwali performance to complement last month's "Peoples Colony No.1". Led by Rizwan and Muazzam Mujahid Ali Khan (nephews of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) they prove with the urgency and ecstatic vibarancy of their performamce that Qawwali is moving forward into a new era of expression and devotion. Another stunning Real World recording.
'Even by qawwali standards Rizwan and Muazzam have big voices... They're at once more forceful and eccentric... and they're also lively, leaping higher and crazier...'
'If the glut of posthumous Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan releases has worn out even the most devoted qawwali fan, here's a little faith restoration. Now that he's gone, these young men may prove to be the torchbearers.'
'Muazzam's voice has the tenor quality and control of his uncle's [Nusrat's], while Rizwan has a more guttural tone and a fierce attack, particularly when he rips into a rapid-fire improvisation full of wild vocals.'
'...an album that is thouroughly melodic, rhythmic and enlightening...'
'At the top of the list for 2002 is 'A Better Destiny', a brilliant collection of Sufi Islamic music from the young ensemble, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali.'
'With this CD, Sufi devotional music and the spirit of what Nusrat gave to the global community are both furthered-through the living heritage of ancient tradition.'
Top of the World
'This album stands out as something very special, reminiscent of an old master of Qawwali, yet carrying all the effervescence of the 21st century.'
