What
is this album about?
This
is one of the few albums by the Wadali Brothers, well known exponents
in the vocal musical tradition inspired by the Sufi poets. This
mini-album contains three of their most popular songs - Tu Maane Ya
Na Maane, Ghoonghat Chuk O Sajana and Duma Dum Mast Qalandar, giving
a glimpse into the raw devotion that their music is renowned for.
Who
is it by?
Ustad
Puranchand and Ustad Piyarelal Wadali belong to Punjab and are the
fifth generation in a line of Sufi singers. While they have sung for
film and cut music albums, they have a clear preference for live
shows over recordings. They have been awarded the Sangeet Natak
Academy award in 1991 and the older of the two brothers, Ustad
Puranchand has been awarded the Padmashri in the Arts category by the
Indian Government in 2005.
Why
should listen to it?
Sufi
music has always been traditionally performed at dargahs
(shrines) of Sufi saints and they express different forms of
longing for the divine. While Bollywood has incorporated a lot of
Sufi music into soundtracks, the Wadali brothers believe that their
songs are voice offerings to the divine - their music is perhaps the
next best thing to hearing a live performance at a Sufi shrine.
An edited version of the article was published in Culturama's July 2012 Issue.
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