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#566 — Qais Essar (Afghan rabab), Algeria, Yemen & Sudan

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Program 566
Qais Essar
Broadcast

Qais Essar is an American/Afghan musician specialising in the rabab. He's touring Australia during August, and I spoke to him just prior from his home in Arizona.

Playlist

ARTIST
Title  [Dur.]
Album  (Year)

Archie ROACH with Ruby HUNTER & Dave STEEL
A Child Was Born Here (live) [5:20]
Hold on Tight EP (1997)

SHIRAN
La La [2:59]
Fadaytak (due for release on 12 Aug 2022)

Qais ESSAR & Anupam SHOBHAKAR
An Ode To Who We Were [3:59]
Vesper (2020)

Qais ESSAR, Neelamjit DHILLON & Sandeep SINGH
Bhairavi: Dhun [excerpt ~2:10]
Shakar Shack Vol 1: Gulaab Jammin' (2020)

INTERVIEW with Qais Essar ahead of his Australian concert tour, with the following music...

HAUS OF TAUS (Qais Essar & Dr Neelamjit Dhillon)
Chi Khilaf [excerpt, 0:45]
Single (2021?)

ASHNA (Qais Essar, Dr. Neelamjit Dhillon, Kamaljeet Ahluwalia, Jas Ahluwalia)
Ghoulistan [excerpt, 1:00]
Single (2020)

Qais ESSAR - rabab, tanpura, Neelamjit Dhillon - Tabla, Eric Zang - Kaval, Sandeep Singh - Dilruba
Ilahi Man Namedanam [1:55]
I Am Afghan, Afghani Is Currency Vol III - Zahir (2019)

NOORI and his DORPA BAND
Qwal [5:15]
Beja Power! (2022)

Ajak KWAI
No One Like You [2:53]
Let Me Grow My Wings (2021)

Gordon KOANG
Te Ke Mi Thile Ji Kuoth Nhial [5:28]
Unity (2020)

EL KHAT
El Khat [4:50]
Albat Alawi Op.99 (2022)

Karim MAURICE, Sid-Ahmed BELKSIER & La CAMERATA Strings
Ya Kalek Lechia [4:51]
Koum Tara; chaabi, jazz & strings (2017)

Theme: Garry Havrillay — Fragments of Memory (edit) — Aurora (2018)