# Mekaal Hasan

> Pakistani guitarist, composer and producer. The Night of Song, his live tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, tours North America in fall 2027.

Mekaal Hasan presents

# The Night of Song

A live tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, built from the songs of his 1996 album Night Song. Shahzad Ali Khan sings, Mekaal Hasan and his musicians play. Touring North America in fall 2027.

[Bring the show to your city](https://mekaalhasan.com/tour)
[Watch the full concert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wFXyXGCctc)

Guitarist, composer and producer from Lahore. For three decades Mekaal Hasan has put South Asian classical music, folk song and Sufi poetry in conversation with jazz and rock: on stage, in his studio and in the archive.

Berklee College of Music
:   The first musician from Pakistan to attend, majoring in jazz composition.

The band, since 2001
:   Sampooran, Saptak, Andholan and Live at Baroda, with line-ups from Pakistan, India and Canada.

Digital Fidelity Studios
:   His Lahore studio, behind records by Noori, Junoon, Jal, Zeb and Haniya and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

Rivayat, since 2020
:   156 songs recorded with 22 vocalists and 100 musicians, as reported by Arab News in 2023.

[Read Mekaal's story](https://mekaalhasan.com/about)

## Stages, institutions and broadcasters Mekaal has worked with

[See what he did with each](https://mekaalhasan.com/about)

[Watch the full concert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wFXyXGCctc)

## The Night of Song

Recorded live at Alhamra, Lahore, on 16 August 2024, and performed at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto that November. The six-track live album came out on 31 May 2026.

[Explore the show](https://mekaalhasan.com/night-of-song)

Fall 2027

North America. Cities and dates to be announced.

[Presenter enquiry](https://mekaalhasan.com/tour)[Ask for your city](https://mekaalhasan.com/tour)

## Listen

[All music](https://mekaalhasan.com/music)

[Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2uU2C4SNKcHqBzPjRrBvVy)[Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mekaal-hasan-band/189449722)[YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/@MekaalHasanOfficial)[Bandcamp](https://mekaalhasanbandmusic.bandcamp.com/)[SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/mekaalhasan)[Deezer](https://link.deezer.com/s/34WnfCzmUzRzYI5pWKS0T)

## Rivayat

A series Mekaal began in 2020 to record Pakistan's hereditary, folk, classical and qawwali musicians in the studio, joined on some tracks by players from abroad. Two seasons are out now.

[Browse every track](https://mekaalhasan.com/rivayat)

- Season 2Bolian Rooh Le Gaya
  Ameer Shaukat Ali, Marek Pedziwiatr, Gwen Lafitte
- Season 2Ranjhey Majhiyan Charaiyan
  Asad Abbas
- Season 2Russ Gaye Jaani
  Manwa Sisters, Shez Raja, Gwen Lafitte
- Season 2Kadi Aa Wei Mahi
  Niazi Brothers
- Season 2Dilree Lutti
  Wahdat Rameez

I don't want perfect. Perfect is boring.

Mekaal Hasan, [This Being Human, Aga Khan Museum](https://agakhanmuseum.org/explore-at-home/listen/this-being-human-mekaal-hasan/)

## In the studio

Digital Fidelity Studios is where Mekaal records, mixes and produces, for his own projects and for artists across Pakistan.

- 2001Ishq
  Junoon
- 2005Peeli Patti Aur Raja Jani Ki Gol Duniya
  Noori
- 2007Volume I and II
  CoVEN
- 2008Klashinfolk
  Ali Azmat
- 2008Chup
  Zeb and Haniya

[See studio work and services](https://mekaalhasan.com/studio)

## In the press

- 2026This Being Human: Music, A Language We All Speak
  Aga Khan Museum, podcast[Listen](https://agakhanmuseum.org/explore-at-home/listen/this-being-human-mekaal-hasan/)
- 2026Why Mekaal Hasan refuses to live in the past
  Images, Dawn, interview[Read](https://images.dawn.com/news/1194847)
- 2026The evolution of Mekaal Hasan
  Dawn, Icon, interview[Read](https://www.dawn.com/news/1969649)
- 2025In praise of non-idealness and non-idleness: Mekaal Hasan's Night of Song
  The News on Sunday, review[Read](https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1316795-in-praise-of-non-idealness-and-non-idleness-mekaal-hasans-night-of-song)

[Press, bios and EPK](https://mekaalhasan.com/press)

## Talk to Mekaal

Book a one-to-one session with Mekaal on guitar, composing, arranging or production. For concerts, tours and festivals, Haris Rana handles booking.

[Other ways to reach us](https://mekaalhasan.com/contact)

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