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Afghanistan Music

Posted by Viera Francesca Lovin Rebel in Afghanistan Music on Saturday, April 16, 2011

Afghanistan

Music

The Music of Afghanistan is somewhat similar to that of its neighboring countries. It has existed for a long time, but since the late 1970s the country has been involved in constant wars and people were less concerned about music. As such, music in Afghanistan has been suppressed and recording for outsiders minimal, despite a rich musical heritage.

During the 1990s, the post-Soviet and Taliban governments banned instrumental music and much public music-making. In spite of arrests and destruction of musical instruments, musicians have continued to play their trade into the present. The multi-ethnic city of Kabul has long been the regional cultural capital, but outsiders have tended to focus on the city of Herat, which is home to traditions more closely related to Iranian music than in the rest of the country. Lyrics throughout most of Afghanistan are typically in Dari (Persian) and Pashto.

POP HISTORY

Pop music emerged in

Afghanistan

during the 1950s, and became very popular until the late 1970s. What helped the emergence of pop music in Afghanistan were amateur singers from non-traditional music backgrounds who wanted to showcase their talents in the studio (Radio Kabul). These singers were from middle- to upper-class families and were more educated than singers from traditional music backgrounds.

These amateurs innovated in Afghan music and created a more modern approach to the traditional folklore and classical music of Afghans. Amateur singers included Akeem Mascall, Ahmad Zahir, Nashinas (Dr. Sadiq Fitrat) Ahmad Wali, Zahir Howaida, Rahim Mehryar, Mahwash, Haidar Salim, Kamal Dost, Ehsan Aman, Najim Nawabi, Salma Jahani, Sharif Ghazal, Hangama, Parasto, Naghma, Mangal, Farhad Darya, Sarban, and others. Ahmad Zahir was among Afghanistan's most famous singers; throughout the 60s and 70s he gained national and international recognition in countries like Iran and Tajikistan.

Pashto Singers
Abdullah Duran Abdullah Moqorai Abdul Rauf Kandaharai
Ahmad KhanAbdul Baqi Khayal(late) Aka Khel

Akbar Husain Almas Khalil Amin Ulfat

Amjad Khan Anwar Khyal Arbab Shan

Aryan Khan Ashraf Gulzar Ashraf Hussain Lagi

Azim Khan
Azmat Gul
Azra Naaz
Bahar Ali
Bahram Jan
Beltoon
Bakhtiar Khattak
Bakhtzamina
Baryalai Samadi
Chota Qismat Khan
Damsaz Marwat
Darwesh Kaker
Dawlat Qarabaghai
Farhad Darya
Farzana
Dr Fay Khan
Fayaz khan Kheshgi
Fazal Rabi, Toru Mardan [1934-2004]
Fazaa Fayyaz
Ghazala Javed
Gul Hasrat
Gul Zaman
Gul Nazir Mangal
Gula Jan
Gulakey
Gulnar Begum
Gulrez Tabassum
Gulzar Alam
Hafiz and Davin Ali
Hakim Jan Zazai
Haroon Bacha
Hayat Gardezai
Hazrat Baz
Hedayat Ullah
Hekal
Humma
Humayun
Humayun Hayrat
Ibrahim Momand
Imran Shah
Inaam
Janas Khan
Jawid Sharif
Juma Gul Khoshboi
Kamal Gardezai
Kandi Kuchi
Keshwar Sultan
Khalid kahn]
Khalid Khan
Khalid Malik
Khaliq Aziz
Khan Qarabaghai
Khan Zaman
Khanwali
Khayal Muhammad
Khayer Mohammad Khandan
Kifyat Shah
Latif Jan Babi
Latif Nangarhari
Layla
Mahjabeen Qazalbash
Mashal
Mashooq Sultan
Masood Akhtar
Masood Kamal
Kamal Mehsood
Master Ali Haider
Master Rahim Gul
Mangal
Mirawas
Mir Gul Shah Surrani
Mohammadullah katawazai
Muhktiar
Naghma
Nashenas
Nasir Khan
Nasrullah
Nazia Iqbal
Nazir Mohammad
Nek Badshah Zadran
Niamatollah Orguni
Niaz Wali
Noor Muhammad Kuchi
Noor Muhammad Katawazi
Obaidullah Jan Kandarai
Pir Mohammad
Qadeem
Qismat Khan Banizai
Qamar Gula
Rafiq Shinwari
Rahamit Khorita
Rahim Shah
Rashid Khan
Rauf Kandaharai
Rasool Badshah
Rehman Khan
Rezwan Munawar
Sabzali Khan
Sadek Mukbal
Sadiq Fitrat Nashnas
Sahib Zada
Sajad
Sami
Sangeen Afridi
Sarbaz Kuchi
Sardar Ali Takkar
Sardar Yousafzai
Sarfaraz Afridi
Sediq Shubab
Shaaz Khan
Shabaz Khan
Shabnam
Shafi Muhammad
Shafi Muhammad Quetta
Shafiq Mureed
Shah Wali
Shahinshah Badshah
Shakila Naz
Shalo
Shamal
Syed Alam
Tajali Khan
Tahir Shubab
Ulus yarr Khan
Ustad Awalmir
Ustad Ayub
Wagma
Waqar Tanoli
Zafar Iqrar
Zarin
Zarsanga
Zarshad
Zarshad Ali
Zarwali Afghan
Zeek Afridi
Zia Khattaka

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