Source: BroadwayWorld, 20 March 2026 — “Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers Bring SUFI SONGS OF PAKISTAN To Roulette” — https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Hamza-Akram-Qawwal-Brothers-Bring-SUFI-SONGS-OF-PAKISTAN-To-Roulette-20260320
Hamza Akram Qawwal & Brothers returned to New York in April 2026 with “Sufi Songs of Pakistan” at Roulette in Downtown Brooklyn — their fourth appearance at the venue, following performances in 2019, 2024 and 2025.
Presented by Robert Browning Associates, Lotus Music & Dance and Roulette, the concert took place on Friday 10 April 2026 at 8 p.m. at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. The 10-member ensemble was led by Hamza Akram on lead vocals and harmonium, joined by his brothers Taimoor Akram and Abdul Akram on lead vocals, with their father Ghulam Akram on supporting vocals, alongside tabla and dholak players, backing vocalists and percussionists.
The programme was qawwali in its full form: a Sufi devotional music rooted in improvisation, poetry and call-and-response singing, with a repertoire stretching from 13th-century Persian mysticism to contemporary Punjabi poetry. It is the same tradition the brothers represent as the 26th generation of the Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana of Delhi, a lineage of more than 700 years associated with Sufism and shaped in part by the 13th-century poet and musician Amir Khusrau.
The Brooklyn return is part of a wider international journey. The group has performed across the United States, Europe and the UAE, received the Lux Style Award in 2017, and Hamza has also composed music for film, including the Pakistani feature Rangreza.
A New York return matters because Roulette has become a home for the ensemble in America — a room where audiences come specifically for this music, year after year. Each return adds to a relationship built over seven years, and each performance carries the same tradition a little further into the world.
This post is a rephrased summary of BroadwayWorld’s announcement of 20 March 2026, shared here for our press archive. Read the original at the link above.
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