LAHORE-Hamza Akram Qawwal will be performing in the USA for his tour, Sufi Qawwali Winter.
For the tour Hamza will be travelling to New York, Washington DC, Virginia, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, California performing his newly composed Naats along with Manqabats and some Ghazals.
Similar to his last time, with this tour Hamza plans to raise funds for more causes – Human Development Foundation and a Village of Schamburg. Other than the performances, Hamza plans on collaborating with local musicians and also shooting for his upcoming Sufi song in New York.
Speaking about his US tour, Hamza said: “People in US are true fans of qawwali and they’ve always warmly welcomed my group which is probably why this is my 3rd US tour in a year and it is almost booked. We have to 12 to 13 shows booked in a month which I’m always humbled by. I am also excited to be visiting some new cities for debut performances, such as Fremont California and Arizona Phoenix. Some of the cities I have been performing in before, like New York, New Jersey, Chicago and Dallas. With this tour I hope to put out a positive image of Pakistan and make Pakistanis proud of the genre of Qawwali. It is one of the few genres that we can actually call our own.”
Other than his tour, Hamza Akram has himself all tied up with numerous projects including, recording of collaborative tracks, shooting for a documentary with Yousuf Bashir Qureshi and Eva Zu Beck, a project with Sharif Awan and producing an album called Sufi Sound to name a few.
Recently, Hamza performed the National Anthem at the Beach Cleaning and Tree Plantation event held by the Pakistan Navy as part of the PN Maritime Awareness Campaign Plan.
Hamza Akram Qawwal with his brothers, Taimoor Akram and Abdul Akram performed the national anthem soon after the arrival of Chief Guest, Governor Sindh, Imran Ismail.
The event hoped to highlight the importance of keeping the country clean and green in a time when drastic weather changes have taken a toll on Pakistan.
With more than two thousand people present, the attendees included notable dignitaries including the Governor and Commodore Mushtaq Commandant PNS Bahadur.
