#3131: Sufi Crossovers

For this New Sounds, listen to music that combines Sufi traditions with Western sounds.  We’ll hear Sufi singers Abdul Ghani, Ajah Maideen and Saburmaideen Babha Sabeer from the Nagore Dargah -a sufi shrine- in a town of the same name in South India where a church, this shrine, and a Hindu temple are all next to each other.  They are part of a musical collaboration featuring Sufi, Indian, Middle Eastern and Western elements called the Nagore Sessions.

Also, there’s music by Youssou N'Dour, from the soundtrack to the intimate documentary film “I Bring What I Love.” The film followed him at a turning point in his career, with the release of the personal record “Egypt” – a gorgeous merging of classical Arab orchestration with African rhythms and songs praising Senegal's mystical Sufi Islamic traditions.  Plus, more Sufi music from the likes of Mercan Dede,  the late great Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and recordings from Morocco’s Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.

PROGRAM #3131, Sufi Crossovers (First aired on 10/26/2010)