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Friday, April 5, 2024

South Asian Joy

By Simon Broughton

Revelatory qawwali, North Indian wonderment and frighteningly deep bass sitars were all in the offing as Simon Broughton attended the Southbank Centre’s festival of South Asian music

South Asian Sounds Purcell Qawwali SAMA Nandit Desai 23

Chahat Mahmood Ali Qawwal (photo by Nandi Desai)

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