← more from
Felmay
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Tribute to Afghanistan

by Daud KHAN

supported by
southernlegends
southernlegends thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €12 EUR  or more

     

1.
Rag Talang 13:07
info
buy track
2.
Daud Khan - Pashto Ghazal 08:35
info
buy track
3.
Daud Khan - Aisha 05:23
info
buy track
4.
Daud Khan - Ghazal (in rag Pilo) 09:22
info
buy track
5.
Daud Khan - Nasru (Nasru Jan) 08:16
info
buy track
6.
Folk Tune 04:10
info
buy track

about

The dearth of recordings of Afghan music available on the Western market does nothing to detract from the fact that this tribute by the maestro (ustad) DAUD KHAN to his homeland is an absolute masterpiece in its own right.
Ravaged by civil and geopolitical wars for over twenty years, Afghan culture, particularly the country’s musical heritage, has risked complete annihilation. Ramifying into numerous genres from sung poetry (ghazals) to instrumental pieces to raga, this music is practised mainly in urban areas and has in the past had close ties with that of Pakistan and India. Many families of Afghan musicians are in fact related (either by marriage or through master-pupil filiations) with Indian families and the country’s musical theory and terminology contains many Hindustani words such as raga and tala (the rhythmic cycle).

It would wrong, however, to suppose that this reduces Afghanistan’s musical heritage to the status of mere shadowplay. Afghan ragas are very different from their Indian counterparts especially in terms of playing style which, as on the first track of this CD privileges the quest for rhythmic emphasis.

credits

released October 5, 2022

Recorded In September 2003 At Orange Room By Josh Sanfelici
Mixed by Fabio Barovero
Mastering by Josh Sanfelici


filming and video editing patrizia roussell and franco rivoira
design lucio diana
produced by renzo pognant

thanks to fabrizio cotto, davide ferrari, chiara cipolli, claudio merlo, laura tori, adriana zamboni, michele di mauro,
domenico de maio

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

AFGHANISTAN image

AFGHANISTAN Turin, Italy

contact / help

Contact AFGHANISTAN

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Tribute to Afghanistan, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now