Abida Parveen :queen Of Myistical Singing

Abida Parveen was born in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan, where her father, Ghulam Haider, ran a music school. Though women in Muslim society are rarely encouraged to pursue musical (or other performance) careers, her father recognized his daughter's extraordinary talent at an early age and encouraged her to sing.

Her career crystallized after her marriage to the late Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, a senior producer in Radio Pakistan who became her mentor. She studied classical vocal music with Salamat Ali Khan.
Abida Parveen is considered by many as one of the greatest singers of the sufiana kalaam.
Everything about the artist is noticeably different from her contemporaries. A loose full-sleeved kurta and shalwar with Sindhi ajrak chadar draped over her shoulder is the trademark dress of Abida Parveen. With no make-up on and very little adornment of any kind she comes of as a devoted and honest performer of her craft. It's this faithful devotion to the Sufi's that brings about the kind of intensity that over powers the audience.It's a pleasant experience listening and watching her sing. Abida is clearly at her best with the Punjabi Sufi poetry of Bulle Shah and Waris Shah. Much like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan her awesome power to involve the listener in her state of passion lies in her voice. Be it Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu or Saraiki, all lyrics are rendered with the same intensity having a captivating effect on the audience

Abida Parveen Sings Songs Of The Mystics (MP3)

Dhoondhoge Agar Mulkon

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Tere Ishq Nachaya

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Jab Se Tu Ne Mujhe Dewaane Bana

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Chhap Tilak

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Yaar Di Gharoli

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Ghame Zindagi Se Guzar

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Kal Chaudhwin Ki Raat

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Tumko Dekhe Huwe

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Yeh Baten Jhooti

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Yeh Suraten Elahi

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Mystic messenger - Abida Parveen
By: Narendra Kusnur
September 28, 2002

VOCAL POWER: Abida Parveen When this writer last met Pakistani singer Abida Parveen in January 2001, her album Raqs-e-Bismil had just been released by Music Today. At that time, her following in India was restricted to a select but devoted few, who adored her powerful voice and her ability to render Sufiana poetry with immaculate ease. In these last 20 months, Abida's popularity in India has multiplied manifold. While Music Today and Sony Music released a few albums, Times Music came out with a series of albums, featuring the poetry of Amir Khusro, Baba Bulleh Shah, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Hazrat Shah Hussain. Though Abida has been immensely popular abroad since the late '80s, it's only during the last two years that she's attained a cult following in India. Whether Abida sings Sufiana kaafis, ghazals or regional folk songs, she has regularly transported listeners into a world of spiritual ecstasy. Though her voice isn't conventionally feminine, it moves listeners with its sheer strength and depth. Because of her choice of repertoire, many people tend to describe her as a successor to the late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. But she's different on two counts – she has a presentation style of her own, and she doesn't involve herself in experimentation and crossover ventures. Yet, despite her fame and musical brilliance, Abida remains extremely simple and unassuming. She gets up and greets those who come into the room, and speaks in a friendly tone. With a smile, she says: "As a musician, my duty is to convey the message of my elders, and help listeners understand those messages. These include people like Nizamuddin Auliya, Khusro, Bulleh Shah, Baba Farid, Hazrat Shah Hussein and Hazrat Sultan Bahu, who are the people of God." It was with this thinking that the Times Music series was conceptualised. Explains Abida: "In the past, I have sung some of the spiritual works of Hazrat Amir Khusro, Baba Bulleh Shah and Hazrat Shah Hussain, as also the ghazal poetry of Faizsaab. But doing specific albums of these musicians gave me a chance to explore their work deeper." Abida says that whenever she takes up a project, she immerses herself completely in its creation. "For instance, when I did the album Faiz By Abida, I didn't sing any six or seven songs which came easily to me. I spent four or five months researching the poetry of Faiz, and understanding his style of writing so that I could express myself clearly. Similarly, while preparing the Hazrat Shah Hussain album, I studied the poetic style of the period which Hussain belonged," she elaborates. Satisfied with the response to these albums, Abida is doing a few more poet-based projects, arranged by Bhavdeep Jaipurwale, who worked on her earlier albums. She has recently recorded the works of Sant Kabir, and for that, she again had to research his work a lot. "I had sung some of his dohas in the past, but to do the album, I needed a more in-depth understanding of his work," she says. On this visit, Abida says she has even worked on a ghazal album that traverses poets from Wali Dakhni and Siraj Aurangabadi to Faiz, right up to Naseer Kazmi. She's planning another album of Faiz's poetry, because "one album isn't enough to convey everything he stood for", and an album containing the Sufiana writing of Hazrat Sultan Bahu, "who hasn't been sung too much." Is she fond of any specific type of poetry? She replies: "For me, the message is important. A poet who is able to convey something deep will always appeal to me. God has given us the power of 'sur' to convey messages, not necessarily to provide entertainment." Asked why she has stuck to traditional renditions instead of going in for modern or western arrangements, Abida says: "A lot of people have asked me to add a western flavour to the songs. But I think that our own music is so rich that it doesn't require such additions. If you add too many instruments, the music loses its flavour. Moreover, in my kind of music, it's important to convey the message, instead of depending too much on the orchestration." Finally, we ask her how many students she has. Abida says: "I want to start a school where dedicated students can come and learn. But at the moment, I am still a student. I shall remain a student forever." That statement is sufficient to describe what a down-to-earth person Abida is.

I sing for India-Pakistan peace: Abida Parveen (INTERVIEW)

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Listening to Pakistani Sufi singer Abida Parveen has often been described as a divine experience, but the singer says she often hopes that rulers in India and Pakistan would listen more carefully to her message of peace.

"In Sufism, there is only peace," Parveen told IANS in an interview. "I have always believed that music and the arts is the best way to achieve peace.

"When I sing, I sing of peace, of harmony and culture."

Often called the heir to the legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Parveen is today perhaps the world's most renowned Sufi singer.

But she is quick to avoid comparisons with Khan. "He was just too great," smiled Parveen.

"He was - is and forever will be - way above anyone else. I don't even come close to him. I try to sing as honestly as I can but he was the ultimate master."

When she sings, curly shoulder-length hair swinging in ecstasy, arms raised in complete devotion and surrender to the higher spirit that Sufis always sing to, Parveen is carrying forward an age-old tradition with awe-inspiring dedication.

BBC's Peter Marsh famously said of her, "Parveen could sing a shopping list and have an audience weeping."

Born in 1954, Abida Parveen grew up in Larkana, Sindh. Her father, Ghulam Haider, ran a music school.

Raised in a home dominated by the Sufi way of life, Parveen, unlike most other Muslim women, was encouraged to sing. Her father saw her talent early on and used to take her to sing at religious festivals.

Later her husband, the late Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, a senior producer in Radio Pakistan, became her mentor and she studied classical vocal music with Salamat Ali Khan.

Today, more than 100 albums later, the Parveen legend has been firmly established. But tell her that she has a magical grip on her audience and she grows shy: "It's a little too much. I just know that music is my greatest love and that music can work magic in people's lives."

That's the magic Parveen hopes to achieve in bringing peace between India and Pakistan, especially through a new Sufi centre that she is promoting with filmmaker Muzaffar Ali and new-age guru Deepak Chopra.

"This centre will work to promote a sense of well being between the peoples (of India and Pakistan)," said Parveen, who has sung in the world's most famous concert halls and also at village shrines.

"Music, I have always believed, is a great healer," she said.