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{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Fanna-Fi-Allah
| image = FFA_long_shot_color.jpg
| caption = Fanna-Fi-Allah Band
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| alias =
| origin = Canada<br> United States
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Qawwali]]
*[[Sufi]]
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| years_active = 1996–present
| label =
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| website = {{URL|www.fanna-fi-allah.com/}}
| current_members = Tahir Faridi Qawwal<br />Aminah Chishti Qawwal<br />Laali Qalandar<br />Salim Chishti<br />Ali Shan<br />Abrar Hussain
| past_members =
}}


'''Fanna-Fi-Allah''' ({{langx|ur|فنا فی الله}}) is a Canadian–American group which plays [[Qawwali]], a form of [[Sufi]] [[devotional music]] popular in South Asia.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Group|first1=Sufi Qawwali|title=Fanna-Fi-Allah|url=https://www.sonicbids.com/band/fannafiallah/|website=SonicBids|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AghaKhanMuseum">{{cite web|last1=Fanna-fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party|first1=WORLD MUSIC SERIES|title=Showcase Performance|url=https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/performing-arts/event/wolrd-music-series-fannah-fi-allah-sufi-qawwali-party|website=Agha Khan Museum|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Malik">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/tahir-qawwal-the-canadian-who-dedicates-his-life-to-sufi-music|title=Tahir Qawwal: The Canadian who dedicates his life to Sufi music|work=The National|date=October 6, 2015|accessdate=April 17, 2017|first=Sarah|last=Malik}}</ref>
Fanna-Fi-Allah is a group which plays [[Qawwali]], a form of [[Sufi]] devotional music. Group leader Tahir Qawwal, originally from [[Nova Scotia]], studied under form masters in [[India]].

{{Short description|Canadian–American Qawwali group}}

== Origins ==
Group leader Tahir Faridi Qawwal (formerly Geoffrey Lyons),<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|last1=Faridi|first1=Tahir Hussain|title=The dreadlocked darvesh|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1074069|accessdate=October 2, 2016|agency=Jung News Group Pakistan|issue=News|publisher=DAWN|date=December 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Qawwal|first1=Tahir|title=Official Website of Tahir Qawwal|url=http://tahirqawwal.com/|website=Official Website of Tahir Qawwal|publisher=Tahir Qawal|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref> originally from [[Nova Scotia]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Qawwal|first1=Tahir|title=The Canadian who dedicates his life to Sufi music|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/music/tahir-qawwal-the-canadian-who-dedicates-his-life-to-sufi-music|website=The National-Arts & Life|publisher=Sarah Malik|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref> studied [[Indian classical music]] with the tabla maestro Harjeet Seyan Singh in India as a teenager. At 17, he converted to Islam and studied under qawwali masters [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan|Rahet Fateh Ali Khan]], Pashupatinath Mishra, [[Sher Ali Khan]] and [[Muazzam Mujahid Ali Khan]] in [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Malik" /><ref name="officialWeb">{{cite web|last1=Qawal|first1=Tahir|title=Annihilation into the Infinite, into Allah|url=http://www.fanna-fi-allah.com/about-qawwali-ffa|website=FANNA-FI ALLAH|accessdate=October 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107015113/http://www.fanna-fi-allah.com/about-qawwali-ffa|archive-date=November 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Aminah Chishti ''—'' aka Jessica Ripper, originally from [[Ashland, Oregon]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 21, 2012|title=Famous Grizzlies|url=https://ashlandtidings.com/news/education/famous-grizzlies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323093306/https://ashlandtidings.com/news/education/famous-grizzlies|archive-date=March 23, 2021|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=Ashland Tidings}}</ref> ''—'' is a student of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan successor of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ustad Dildar Hussain (who played with [[Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] for more than 28 years) and in 2003 became the first female [[tabla]] player to be initiated into the lineage of Qawwali.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/641214/spirit-of-sufism-first-woman-tabla-player-breaks-social-barriers/|title=First woman tabla player breaks social barriers – The Express Tribune|date=December 5, 2013|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=December 23, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/801743/on-a-spiritual-note/|title=Fanna-Fi-Allah: On a spiritual note – The Express Tribune|date=December 4, 2014|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=December 23, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

Qawwal and Chishti started Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Ensemble in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Divine|first1=The Rhythm|title=A spiritual search that led to qawwali|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rhythmdivine/sufi-devotional-music-of-south-asia/7533626|website=Abc.net.au|date=June 24, 2016 |publisher=Geoff Wood|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref>


==Members==
==Members==


* Tahir Faridi Qawwal - vocals, harmonium
* Tahir Faridi Qawwal – Vocals, [[Harmonium]], [[Tabla]]
* Aminah Chishti Qawwal - tabla, vocals
* Aminah Chishti Qawwal – Tabla, Vocals
* Laali Qalandar - vocals
* Laali Qalandar – Vocals, Clapping
* Salim Chishti - vocals
* Salim Chishti – Vocals, Clapping
* Ali Shan
* Ali Shan – Vocals, Clapping
*Jahangir Baba – Harmonium, Vocals
* Abrar Hussain - tabla
* Abrar Hussain – Tabla, Vocals, Clapping
*Aziz Abbatiello – [[Whirling]]


==Discography==
==Discography==
* Fanna-Fi-Allah (2018) Muraqaba (Released by Buda Musique France Recorded at Woodshed Studios Malibu courtesy of [[Chris Martin]] ([[Coldplay|Cold Play]]))

* Fanna-Fi-Allah
* Fanna-Fi-Allah (2017) – Live @ Great American Music Hall (Vinyl)
** Monotheism (2015)
* Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali (2015)
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* Fanna_Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali tracks:

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* Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali
** Man Kunto Maula (2014)
** Man Kunto Maula (2014)
** Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 3 (2014)
** Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 3 (2014)
** Naubat Nagare (2013)
** Naubat Nagare (2013)
** Ya Mustafa Nur-Ul-Khuda (2012)
** Ya Mustafa Nur-Ul-Khuda (2012)

* Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party
* Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party
** Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 2 (2012)
** Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 2 (2012)
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** Baba Farid (2007)
** Baba Farid (2007)
** Annihilation Into the Infinite (2005)
** Annihilation Into the Infinite (2005)

* Rizwan Muazzam
* Rizwan Muazzam
** Amad (2014)
** Amad (2014)
** Araj Sun Li Jo Mori (2014)
** Araj Sun Li Jo Mori (2014)
** Sufi Sama (2007)
** Sufi Sama (2007)

* Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali
* Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali
** Karlo Ganj-e-Shakar (2011)
** Karlo Ganj-e-Shakar (2011)

* Sher Ali Mehr Ali
* Sher Ali Mehr Ali
** Hamare Khwaja (2013)
** Hamare Khwaja (2013)

* Tahir Qawwal
* Tahir Qawwal
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** Alif Allah, Pt. 1 (2013)
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** Alif Allah, Pt. 2 (2013)
** Alif Allah, Pt. 3 (2013)
** Alif Allah, Pt. 3 (2013)
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** Alif Allah, Pt. 2 (2013)
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** Alif Allah, Pt. 1 (2013)
** Bhairavi Thumri (Ras Ke Bare Tore Nain) (2013)
** Bhairavi Thumri (Ras Ke Bare Tore Nain) (2013)

* Temple Step
* Temple Step
** Alif Allah (Remix) (2014)
** Alif Allah (Remix) (2014)

* Various Artists
* Various Artists
** Dayar-e-Ishq: Abode of Divine Love (2013)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Qawwal|first1=Tahir Farid|title=Dayar e Ishq|url=https://insighttimer.com/tabaruqrecords/guided-meditations/dayar-e-ishq|website=insight timer|publisher=insighttimer.com|accessdate=October 2, 2016}}</ref>
** Dayar-e-Ishq: Abode of Divine Love (2013)

==References==

{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.fanna-fi-allah.com Fanna-Fi-Allah official site]
* {{Official website|http://www.fanna-fi-allah.com/}}
*[https://fanna-fi-allah.com/about-fanna-fi-allah Biography] on Fanna-Fi-Allah.com
* [http://tahirqawwal.com Tahir Qawwal's site]
*[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fanna-fi-allah-mn0000408806 Fanna-Fi-Allah] on [[AllMusic]]

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:American world music groups]]
[[Category:Canadian world music groups]]
[[Category:Harmonium players]]
[[Category:Harmonium players]]
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[[Category:Performers of Sufi music]]
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[[Category:Tabla players]]
[[Category:Farsi-language singers]]
[[Category:Hindi-language singers]]
[[Category:Hindi-language singers]]
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[[Category:Performers of Sufi music]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language singers]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language singers]]
[[Category:Qawwali]]
[[Category:Sufism in Canada]]
[[Category:Sufism in the United States]]
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[[Category:Tabla players]]
[[Category:Urdu-language singers]]
[[Category:Urdu-language singers]]

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Fanna-Fi-Allah
Fanna-Fi-Allah Band
Fanna-Fi-Allah Band
Background information
OriginCanada
United States
Genres
Years active1996–present
MembersTahir Faridi Qawwal
Aminah Chishti Qawwal
Laali Qalandar
Salim Chishti
Ali Shan
Abrar Hussain
Websitewww.fanna-fi-allah.com

Fanna-Fi-Allah (Urdu: فنا فی الله) is a Canadian–American group which plays Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia.[1][2][3]

Origins

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Group leader Tahir Faridi Qawwal (formerly Geoffrey Lyons),[4][5] originally from Nova Scotia,[6] studied Indian classical music with the tabla maestro Harjeet Seyan Singh in India as a teenager. At 17, he converted to Islam and studied under qawwali masters Rahet Fateh Ali Khan, Pashupatinath Mishra, Sher Ali Khan and Muazzam Mujahid Ali Khan in Pakistan.[3][7]

Aminah Chishti — aka Jessica Ripper, originally from Ashland, Oregon[8] — is a student of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan successor of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ustad Dildar Hussain (who played with Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for more than 28 years) and in 2003 became the first female tabla player to be initiated into the lineage of Qawwali.[9][10]

Qawwal and Chishti started Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Ensemble in 2001.[11]

Members

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  • Tahir Faridi Qawwal – Vocals, Harmonium, Tabla
  • Aminah Chishti Qawwal – Tabla, Vocals
  • Laali Qalandar – Vocals, Clapping
  • Salim Chishti – Vocals, Clapping
  • Ali Shan – Vocals, Clapping
  • Jahangir Baba – Harmonium, Vocals
  • Abrar Hussain – Tabla, Vocals, Clapping
  • Aziz Abbatiello – Whirling

Discography

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  • Fanna-Fi-Allah (2018) Muraqaba (Released by Buda Musique France Recorded at Woodshed Studios Malibu courtesy of Chris Martin (Cold Play))
  • Fanna-Fi-Allah (2017) – Live @ Great American Music Hall (Vinyl)
  • Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali (2015)
  • Fanna_Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali tracks:
    • Man Kunto Maula (2014)
    • Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 3 (2014)
    • Naubat Nagare (2013)
    • Ya Mustafa Nur-Ul-Khuda (2012)
  • Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party
    • Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 2 (2012)
    • Damahama Dam Ali Ali (2011)
    • Mehfil-e-Sama Vol. 1 (2008)
    • Baba Farid (2007)
    • Annihilation Into the Infinite (2005)
  • Rizwan Muazzam
    • Amad (2014)
    • Araj Sun Li Jo Mori (2014)
    • Sufi Sama (2007)
  • Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali
    • Karlo Ganj-e-Shakar (2011)
  • Sher Ali Mehr Ali
    • Hamare Khwaja (2013)
  • Tahir Qawwal
    • Alif Allah, Pt. 1 (2013)
    • Alif Allah, Pt. 2 (2013)
    • Alif Allah, Pt. 3 (2013)
    • Bhairavi Thumri (Ras Ke Bare Tore Nain) (2013)
  • Temple Step
    • Alif Allah (Remix) (2014)
  • Various Artists
    • Dayar-e-Ishq: Abode of Divine Love (2013)[12]

References

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  1. ^ Group, Sufi Qawwali. "Fanna-Fi-Allah". SonicBids. Retrieved October 2, 2016. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Fanna-fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party, WORLD MUSIC SERIES. "Showcase Performance". Agha Khan Museum. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Malik, Sarah (October 6, 2015). "Tahir Qawwal: The Canadian who dedicates his life to Sufi music". The National. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  4. ^ Faridi, Tahir Hussain (December 15, 2013). "The dreadlocked darvesh". No. News. DAWN. Jung News Group Pakistan. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. ^ Qawwal, Tahir. "Official Website of Tahir Qawwal". Official Website of Tahir Qawwal. Tahir Qawal. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  6. ^ Qawwal, Tahir. "The Canadian who dedicates his life to Sufi music". The National-Arts & Life. Sarah Malik. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  7. ^ Qawal, Tahir. "Annihilation into the Infinite, into Allah". FANNA-FI ALLAH. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "Famous Grizzlies". Ashland Tidings. July 21, 2012. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "First woman tabla player breaks social barriers – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  10. ^ "Fanna-Fi-Allah: On a spiritual note – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  11. ^ Divine, The Rhythm (June 24, 2016). "A spiritual search that led to qawwali". Abc.net.au. Geoff Wood. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  12. ^ Qawwal, Tahir Farid. "Dayar e Ishq". insight timer. insighttimer.com. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
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