3 Facts About Peter Gabriel and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Collaboration

Gabriel discovered Khan through WOMAD Peter Gabriel first heard Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s music at the WOMAD festivals, which Gabriel co-founded to showcase world music.

Gabriel invited Khan to Real World Studios Gabriel brought Khan to his Real World Studios in Bath, England, to record together.

Their fusion produced transcendent 1990s music The collaboration blended Gabriel’s art-rock production with Khan’s intense Qawwali devotional singing, creating some of the most powerful fusion music of the decade.