A traditional Sufi favorite got a fresh airing in New York City last week when Pakistani singer-songwriter Arieb Azhar and his band closed out their eclectic July 3 concert with a cover of "Dama Dam ...

Damadam Mast Kalandar is one of the popular songs that doesn’t need any introduction. Several recreated versions of the track were loved by the audience. But, do you know, who is the original composer ...

Tanya Wells and her companion singing 'Dama Dam Mast Qalandar'. An old video of a British singer performing a Sufi classic on the streets of Dubai is viral again, and it makes for the perfect ...

Coke Studio Bangla has unveiled its Season 3 finale with a moving new rendition of the Sufi classic “Mast Qalandar,” featuring the iconic Runa Laila in a rare and emotional return to one of her most ...

Bejoy Nambiar's upcoming film, David, has run into trouble over the popular folk song 'Dama Dam Mast Kalandar'. The Sindhi Community has opposed to the usage of the song and has requested the makers, ...

Finally, Coke Studio Bangla Season 3 has come to an end, closing with the revered Sufi classic "Mast Qalandar", rendered by legendary singer Runa Laila. The song was released today on the eve of her ...

Legendary South Asian vocalist Runa Laila — who has sung in 18 languages over her six-decade long career, including Bangla, Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu, Sindhi and English — is set to release a new ...

Decorated with Kashi tiles, silver and gold, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine was built in 1356. From the shrine’s first gate to the main entrance, I lost myself in its spiritual presence. Though ...

Writing in the language of the common man, Hindavi, Khusrau reached out to one and all through his poetry and music, inspired by his preceptor, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, and his tradition of the ...

A major terror attack stuck near the shrine of revered Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan town of Pakistan’s Sindh province, killing at least 72 people and ...

As it happens, Azhar's "Dama Dam Mast Qalandar" comes on the heels of another veteran Pakistani performer's rendition of the same song in New York back in April — when Arif Lohar and his ensemble ...