Daud Khan - Tribute to Afghanistan (2004)
BAND/ARTIST: Daud Khan
- Title: Tribute to Afghanistan
- Year Of Release: 2004
- Label: Felmay
- Genre: world, folk, Aghanistan
- Quality: FLAC lossless
- Total Time: 00:48:52
- Total Size: 260 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
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.
Tracklist:
1 01. Daud Khan - Rag Talang (13:07)
1 02. Daud Khan - Pashto Ghazal (08:35)
1 03. Daud Khan - Aisha (05:23)
1 04. Daud Khan - Ghazal (09:22)
1 05. Daud Khan - Nasru - Nasru jan (08:16)
1 06. Daud Khan - Folk Tune (04:08)
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.
Tracklist:
1 01. Daud Khan - Rag Talang (13:07)
1 02. Daud Khan - Pashto Ghazal (08:35)
1 03. Daud Khan - Aisha (05:23)
1 04. Daud Khan - Ghazal (09:22)
1 05. Daud Khan - Nasru - Nasru jan (08:16)
1 06. Daud Khan - Folk Tune (04:08)
World | Folk | FLAC / APE
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