The art is usually credited to Amir Khusraw (1244-1325), called the “Nightingale of ... Technically, only men can perform qawwali songs, with female performers singing sufiana kalam, Sufi words. The ...

Johnson said he hopes everyone involved — audience members, vocalists and musicians — take away from the experience, “the enjoyment of the music, the singing art, of what can be expressed ...

Italian opera singing has been added to the United Nations' cultural heritage list. Unesco, the UN culture agency, announced it was including the four-centuries-old art, mixing costume ...