Noor Mohammad Shah: Kashmir folk singer’s rise from dusty street to music star

Noor Mohammad Shah - Kashmir folk singer’s rise from dusty street to music star

Noor Mohammad Shah had always happily lived a life of obscurity. Born in a small village in the conflict-ridden state of Kashmir in India, Shah had been introduced to the mystical world of Sufi music as a child and for decades since had made a meagre but fulfilling living singing traditional songs and performing on his rabab, a lute-like music instrument, at weddings and village festivals. Yet it was a chance encounter between Shah and a group of young men, who happened to pass by as the god-fearing musician was…

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