Dawood Sarkhosh

Dawood Sarkhosh
داوود سرخوش
Dawood Sarkhosh; داوود سرخوش
Background information
Birth name	Muhammad Dawood
Also known as	Dawood
Born	26 April 1971 (age 50); Urozgan, (now in Daykundi); Afghanistan
Genres	Pop, Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician and composer
Instruments	Dambura, Keyboard, Harmonium and vocals
Years active	1995–present
Website	dawoodsarkhosh.com

Dawood Sarkhosh (also spelled as Daud Sarkhosh (Dari-Persian: داوود سرخوش) born 26 April 1971 in Urozgan, Afghanistan) is an ethnic Hazara singer, musician and poet.

Early life[]

Sarkhosh's inspiration was his older brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, a nationalist and legendary musician of his times who was killed during the civil war.^[1] Sarkhosh learned playing dambura and singing from him at the age of seventeen. After the death of his brother Sarkhosh migrated to Pakistan first to Peshawar city then moved to Quetta.^[2]

Career[]

Sarkhosh revived his skills by singing and composing songs inspired by a sense of nationalism and suffering in exile. He didn't sing for commercial gain, but out of nostalgia and to convey the feelings about refugee life as experienced by refugees of Afghanistan dispersed throughout the world. They went to his concerts in their thousands, marking Sarkhosh's rise as a singer.^{[citation needed]} It was in Quetta that he mastered the harmonium under the Pakistani composer .^[2]

Personal life[]

Dawood Sarkhosh is married to Kubra Nekzad Sarkhosh with three kids named; Saboor, Zulfiqar and Yasir. They now live in Austria Vienna.^[2]

Discography[]

1998: Sarzamin-e-Man (My Homeland, Dari: سرزمین من‎).
2000: Parijo (Fairy, Dari: پری جو‎).
2004: Sapid-o-Siah (Black and White, Dari: سپید و سیاه‎).
2005: Khana-e-Gilli (Mud House, Dari: خانه گلی‎).
2007: Oslo Concert
2008: Maryam (Maryam a girl's name, Dari: مریم‎).
2010: Bazi (Game/play, Dari: بازی‎).^[3]^[4]
2016: Jang-o-jonoon (War and madness, war and incenity, Dari: جنگ و جنون‎) released by Sarkhosh Music inc Canada.
2016: concert in the capital cities of Australia.
December 2017 concert in the capital cities of Canada
2019: concert in Finland, Austria, Sweedan.
2019: Man o To, (Me and You, Dari: من و تو‎).
2019: concert in the capital cities of Australia and Newzealand.

References[]

^ "زندگینامه زنده یاد شهید سرور سرخوش – شهید سرور سرخوش". sarwarsarkhosh.com (in Persian).
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Biography of Dawood Sarkhosh". Sarkhosh's Official Site. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ "Dawood Sarkhosh's Albums". Afghan 123 (Afghan Music Portal). Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ "Albums". Dawood Sarkhosh's Official Site. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

External links[]

[1] "زندگینامه زنده یاد شهید سرور سرخوش – شهید سرور سرخوش". sarwarsarkhosh.com (in Persian).

[OfficialSite-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Biography of Dawood Sarkhosh". Sarkhosh's Official Site. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[AfMusicPortal-3] "Dawood Sarkhosh's Albums". Afghan 123 (Afghan Music Portal). Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[OfficialSiteAlbums-4] "Albums". Dawood Sarkhosh's Official Site. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

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