Sami Yusuf - Mast Qalandar (Stepping into Light) [Live]

Download/Stream now Watch Sami’s Official YouTube Playlist ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE Sami Yusuf performs ‘Mast Qalandar’ live at the Dubai EXPO. Experience the exhilarating sound of Sufi qawwali music in this version of the song popularised by the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and delivered here in a new arrangement by Sami Yusuf and an international ensemble. The lyrics are based on a poem by the Chisti Sufi and musical genius, Amir Khusro, and were later modified by the great Panjabi Sufi poet Bulleh Shah. The full concert can be heard here Credits: Composer and Musical Director: Sami Yusuf The Vocal Soloists: Sami Yusuf Riaz Hussain Pooja Gaitonde The Qawwali Musicians: Riaz Hussain: vocal soloist Sudheesh Kakkur: tabla Manoj Kumar: dholak Seyed Ali Mehdi Naqvi: vocalist Abbas Raza: vocalist Syed Munawar Ali Rizvi: vocalist The Instrumentalists: Eyüpcan Açıkpazu: ney Togrul Asadullayev: kemanche Omer Avci: percussion Selim Boyaci: oud Onur Cicin: qanun Shirzad Fataliyev: balaban Guo Gan: erhu Fariz Huseynov: kemanche Mohammad Jaberi: daf Seyed Ali Jaberi: tanbur Asad Khan: sitar Jon Lawton: classical guitar, tanbur Khalil Masimov: kemanche Farshad Mohammadi: santur Lyudmila Naumova: orchestral percussion Kutay Ozcan: baglama Rufat Xalilov: kemanche Manoj Kumar Moothedath: Dholak Sudheesh Kakkur: Tabla Choir: Narmin Abdullayeva Nigar Asgarova Nancy Al Baltaji Abdulrazzak Barma Mahsati Jabbarova Rufat Khalilov Nazim Mahmudov Karim Hodroj-Remmel Abeer El Sayed Ismayil Yunusov Music Production Supervisor: Ruslan Salimov Mixed & Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios Video editing and post-production by Omar Al-Balushi @ Andante Studios ASTIANA: Christine Höchstötter Katherine O’Brien Claire Mcrandal Vishnu Rajan Omar Al Balushi Show and Content Producers: Artists In Motion For further information on the compositions: Published by Andante Records and Administered by Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World.