Hamid Sakhizada - Dai Raft (2019) [Hi-Res]

Afghan musician Hamid Sakhizada wants to show the beauty of his cultural heritage - the hazara music. 'Dai Raft' tells the story of ancient instruments and of traditions about to be forgotten. It is songs about love, happiness and sorrow - both traditional melodies from different parts of the Hazara community as well as Hamid's own compositions.
The highly regarded musician from Afghanistan has an all-consuming passion for Hazara traditional music and the two-stringed, long-necked lute known in Afghanistan as dambura. Joining him is an impressive group of musicians, each adding their own interpretation and tradition to the mix: Norwegian/Indian violinist and composer Harpreet Bansal, Norwegian percussionist Birger Mistereggen and Iranian percussionist Kaveh Mahmudiyan.

Hamid has a large fan base in Afghanistan and abroad. He has represented Afghanistan in the 2012 ABU Annual Song Contest, the Asian version of Eurovision Song Contest, and he came second in Afghan Star, the equivalent to Idol song contest. He has performed in several countries, as well as having produced three albums.

But the Hazara-people is a minority in Afghanistan, and Hamid's tireless efforts to preserve the tradition has cost him dearly. In Afghanistan he was subject to a steady campaign of threats and violent harassment from groups who oppose the minority Hazara culture, as well as from religious traditionalists. When two of his students were kidnapped and tortured by the Taliban, one of them subsequently killed, the situation became unbearable. More harassment and violent assaults followed, and in 2016 Hamid was forced to flee the country. Through ICORN and SafeMUSE he became a guest artist in the city Harstad, Norway, where he still lives and continues to perform his music openly.

Tracklist:
01. Hamid Sakhizada - Dambura (5:37)
02. Hamid Sakhizada - Siyamoy (5:28)
03. Hamid Sakhizada - I Will Return (from Bamiyan) (4:32)
04. Hamid Sakhizada - Solo Dambura (Dambura for Kaveh) (2:08)
05. Hamid Sakhizada - Hafiz Divination (From Siya Sang) (4:36)
06. Hamid Sakhizada - Pearl Drop Face of Waras (From Malestan) (6:01)
07. Hamid Sakhizada - My Heart (5:20)
08. Hamid Sakhizada - True Love (from Daykondi) (3:50)
09. Hamid Sakhizada - My God (from Turkman) (2:09)
10. Hamid Sakhizada - The Traveller Moon (4:33)