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However, things really picked up for Raza when he shifted his focus from solely live music towards recording.

Simultaneously I always tried to learn through observing my idols including Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahab, Abida Parveen, and Mohammad Rafi." "I studied under the tutelage of Ustad Naem Salam Khan. It was in the year 2000 when Raza decided to take formal training in music. Around this time I was mainly performing in small clubs, weddings, and family gatherings," he reminisced. "I ventured into professional music in 1992 when I was in the second year of college. Hence there are only a handful of people that are opposed to me singing at other avenues," he said.Īs cliché as it sounds, Raza's journey in music is one that is of hustle and perseverance. It is quite common for a Sufi singer to recite Naat and Hamds. "I've never given the impression that I am a Naat Khawan. He always presented himself as a singer first, a Sufi one to be specific. Raza attributes his mass acceptance to not embodying the identity of a Naat Khawan. My case is very different from that of the late Junaid Jamshed who used to receive severe backlash whenever he made sporadic returns to popular music after he had turned to religion," Raza told the Express Tribune. "I've hardly received any criticism for catering to both sides of the spectrum.

The kind of intersection Sherry manages to cater to just by the virtue of his vocal range and audience awareness makes him if not the finest, but clearly the most successful frontman in Pakistan’s contemporary live performance scene.Īccording to Raza, even fans have accepted and endorsed his transition without any objections. A mainstay on religious transmissions with the majority knowing him as a regular on Amir Liaquat's shows, Raza is also the frontman of the hard-hitting Chand Tara Orchestra. However, for an artist, whose claim to fame is Hamd, Naat and Man Qarab to be acquainted with the other side is scarce. In fact if anything it ends up strengthening their mass appeal. Be it Atif Aslam reciting the 99 names of Allah under the patronage of a beverage company or Momina Mustehsan reciting Qaseeda burda Shareef for a Ramazan transmission, artists jumping on the religion bandwagon doesn't raise many eyebrows. It is not an unusual feat for pop singers in Pakistan to use their craft in religious expression on a seasonal basis.