Life Is a Heavy Burden: Ghazals & Poetry From Afghanistan, by Nashenas

Life Is a Heavy Burden: Ghazals & Poetry From Afghanistan

by Nashenas

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Faisal Jewell The Way I Love My Beloved is the Best Song from the Album. When I listen to it, I imagine that I'm exploring Afghanistan in the late 50s and early 60s Favorite track: The Way I Love My Beloved.

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A1 The Way I Love My Beloved
A2 Your Sorrow Is Killing Me
A3 Flower Had A Thorn

B1 I Am Happy Alone
B2 Life Is A Heavy Burden
B3 O Beloved, The Sorrow Of Your Love Destroyed Me
B4 The Author Of Destiny

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1. The Way I Love My Beloved
2. Your Sorrow Is Killing Me
3. Flower Had A Thorn
4. I Am Happy Alone
5. Life Is A Heavy Burden
6. O Beloved, The Sorrow Of Your Love Destroyed Me
7. The Author Of Destiny

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1.	The Way I Love My Beloved 05:47	info	buy track
2.	Your Sorrow Is Killing Me 06:21	info	buy track
3.	Flower Had a Thorn 07:42	info	buy track
4.	I Am Happy Alone 06:26	info	buy track
5.	Life Is a Heavy Burden 05:32	info	buy track
6.	O Beloved, The Sorrow of Your Love Destroyed Me 04:05	info	buy track
7.	The Author of Destiny 04:42	info	buy track

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Strut present the first compilation of legendary Afghan Ghazal singer Dr. Mohammad Sadiq Fitrat a.k.a. Nashenas, recorded at the Radio Afghanistan Studios and later released on singles by the Royal label in Iran.

Nashenas first made his move towards music aged 16 in 1951 when he approached Afghanistan’s national radio station, Radio Kabul, with an idea for a broadcast and, impressed with his language skills, they offered him a permanent job. “I was in close contact with some of the big names in Afghan music like Jalil Zaland,” Nashenas explains. “My father had a gramophone and we listened to other singers like Ustad Qasim Khan and Kundan Lal Saigal.” After unsuccessful initial forays into singing sessions for the station, he honed his skills as a writer, singer and musician, playing the harmonium. Inspired by a movie he had seen at the cinema, Nashenas wrote a new poem and sang on air again after the evening news, using the name ‘Nashenas’ (meaning ‘unknown’) for the first time. Following a wave of positive feedback from the public, he was given a new weekend slot and built his reputation through film song interpretations, famous poems set to music and his own compositions sung in Dari and Pashto.

Nashenas would witness turbulent times as Afghanistan found itself caught up in the Cold War and the early ‘90s civil war until it became too dangerous to stay in the country. Through a friend in the U.N., he was able to seek asylum for himself and his family and take up residence in London, continuing to work as a musician and giving concerts globally.

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released February 24, 2022

This album is dedicated to the memory of Mads Jensen who passed away at the end of last year. He was instrumental in putting the project together along with co-compiler Chris Menist, and will be sadly missed.

All songs originally recorded at the Radio Afghanistan studios in Kabul, for live broadcast.
Researched and compiled by Mads Jensen and Chris Menist

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The United Sounds of Asia is a new project celebrating musical routes, journeys and histories across Asia and is helmed by the Paradise Bangkok founders Maft Sai (Zudrungma Records) and Chris Menist (Awkward Corners).

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