Almost SOLD OUT: Friday, May 4 - 'Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan' Live in Concert.

RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN

ARTIST BIO
WWW.KALTUBE.WEBS.COMRahat Fateh Ali Khan is a South Asian musician, and primarily a singer of Qawwali, a devotional music of the Sufis. He is the nephew of the late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.  In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other light music. He has toured extensively and performed in America, Pakistan, India, United Kingdom and all around the world. Rahat was born in 1974 in Faisalabad, Punjab into a family of traditional musicians. The son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, he was trained by his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the art of classical music and Qawwali. Rahat's first public performance was at the age of ten or eleven, when he toured the U.K. with his uncle in 1985, and performed solo songs in addition to singing with the Qawwali party. At a concert in Birmingham on July 27, 1985, he performed the solo ghazal, Mukh Tera Sohneya Sharab Nalon Changa Ae.  At a concert at the Harrow Leisure Centre in 1985, he performed the solo song, Gin Gin Taare Lang Gaiyaan Rattaan. Paap (2004), featuring the hit song, Mann Ki Lagan, marked his debut as a Bollywood playback singer.  He has become popular in India because of his Bollywood film songs - Paap , Kalyug , Omkara , Jhoom Barabar Jhoom , Om Shanti Om , Namaste London , Aaja Nachle, Singh Is Kinng , Haal–e–dil , Dil Kabaddi, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna , Billu Barber , Love Aaj Kal , Jag Jeondeyan De Mele, London Dreams , De Dana Dan, Veer , My Name Is Khan, Ishqiya , Badmaash Company, Virsa, I Hate Luv Storys, Milenge Milenge, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, We Are Family , Dabangg , Anjaana Anjaani , Aakrosh , Knock Out, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Ready, Bodyguard, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Mausam, Aazaan, Affreen, I am singh, Jodi Breakers, Blood Money etc.  In 2010, he won "Best International Act" at the UK Asian Music Awards (UK AMAs). In a subordinate role with his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, working in collaboration with Eddie Vedder, of the American rock band, Pearl Jam, Rahat contributed to the soundtrack of the 1995 Hollywood film, Dead Man Walking. In 2002, he worked on the soundtrack of The Four Feathers in collaboration with the American composer of orchestral and film music, James Horner. Also in 2002, Rahat guested with The Derek Trucks Band on the song Maki Madni for Trucks' album, Joyful Noise. More recently, his vocals were featured on the soundtrack of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. His recent works include Pakistani nationalistic songs such as Dharti Dharti and Hum Pakistan, and songs from Bollywood films.