Dawood Sarkhosh
Dawood Sarkhosh is the defining voice of Hazara music, and one of the few Afghan artists whose songs function as a shared political memory for a whole community. He was born on 26 April 1971 in Urozgan — now Daykundi — and plays dambura, the two-stringed long-necked lute central to Hazara music, as well as harmonium and keyboard. He learned dambura and singing from his older brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, himself a well-known Hazara singer-songwriter who was killed in 1983. Dawood was a child when he lost him. He went into exile in Pakistan, first to Peshawar and later to Quetta, where he also took up the harmonium, and where a generation of Hazara refugees first heard him. His subject is that displacement. The songs deal with exile, refugee life and return, and they are sung back to him by audiences who lived the same thing — which is why his concerts in Kabul, Bamyan and across the diaspora have the character of gatherings rather than performances. He continues to tour internationally.
90 songs on Sandar, including 64 with video. Stream them free, or go ad-free with Plus.
Songs by Dawood Sarkhosh
- Aakh Bya Janan
- Aay Judai Az Kujai
- Aay Mardom Aakher Aay Mardom
- Aay Nasl Jawan
- Aay Zamana Bewafai
- Afghani Afghani
- Afghanistan Pop Sitara
- Agar Dunya Shawad
- Arezo Dambora
- Az Kaso Na Kas
- Ba E Molkaye Mardom
- Bawar
- Baz Dil Metapad
- Begane Yum Juwali
- Bewafai
- Chashm Nim Mast
- Dambora Australia
- Dar Begeri
- Dard e Dil Kuneed
- Dar En Sarai Be Kasi
- Dastai Khali Syali
- Delam Tanga Dambora
- Didamash Parijo
- Dile Man Shikwa Nakon
- Dil Man Shekwah Nako
- Donya Ajab Bazmi Rangeena Adelaide
- Dukhtarak Maqbool Hazara
- Gela Nakonen
- Ghame Duri Dambora
- Gharibom o Khuda Jan
- Gulestanam Grefte
- Hamcho Man Shami
- Haqe Ada
- Jara Jo
- Kabul
- Khana Koja
- Khorshid
- Laila Montreal
- Lorelai Lorelai Bache Man
- Maho Mechid
- Maryam
- Moyayi Ted Parag Balay Qalam To
- Musafer
- Musalmana
- Nashkanad
- Nigara
- Pa Meena Meena - (Pashto)
- Pari Jo
- Par Maida
- Pato
- Qesa Hai Natamami Aay Dil
- Ranjidaye
- Rokhsara Lalak
- Saboori Dambora
- Safora
- Sang Diwal
- Sar Bazar Digar
- Sarzameen Man
- Shabhai Be Tarana
- Shahristani Bazi
- Shor Angez
- Tane To
- Tondi Makon Beradar Hamsarnawesht
- Uppsala Congress
- Wai Dilem
- Watanam
- Ya Mawla Ali
- Yar Sare Bazar
- Zamana En Zamana
Music videos
- Aay Zamana Bewafai
- Adam Balayboori
- Afghani Afghani
- Afghanistan Pop Sitara
- Amu Ruzi Ke Da Bamiyan
- Arezo Dambora
- Awoor Ki Choom Kada
- Ay Del Ay Del
- Azbaski Nazanine
- Ba E Molkaye Mardom
- Bale Tala
- Bawar
- Baz Amadi Ay Jan
- Baz Dil Metapad
- Chadar Gule
- Chashm Nim Mast
- Dad Chashman e To
- Dambora Australia
- Delam Tanga Dambora
- Didamash Parijo
- Dile Man Shikwa Nakon
- Donya Ajab Bazmi Rangeena Adelaide
- Dunya be Ashooqi Wara
- Ghame Duri Dambora
- Hamcho Man Shami
- Haqe Ada
- Jara Jo
- Kabul
- Khabaram Rasida Imshab
- Khana Koja
- Khorshid
- Labkhand bar Lab
- Laila Montreal
- Maho Mechid
- Maryam
- Melody
- Mo Kohistoniyee
- Moyayi Ted Parag Balay Qalam To
- Musafer
- Musalmana
- Nashkanad
- Nigara
- Pakpak Misle Barani
- Pa Meena Meena Ashna
- Pari Jo
- Pato
- Rafta Vade Kho
- Ranjidaye
- Rokhsara Lalak
- Saboori Dambora
- Safora
- Sarzameen Man
- Shabhai Be Tarana
- Shahristani Bazi
- Shor Angez
- Taki Tana Dile Poorgham
- Tehran Concert
- Uppsala Congress
- Waqti Ashooq Shawee
- Watanam
- Ya Mawla Ali
- Yar Sare Bazar
- Zamaana
- Zamana En Zamana