Shah Wali Taranasaz ( fa, ), 1927 - 2007, was a “much admired” singer, songwriter and composer from
Badakhshan
Badakhshan is a historical region comprising parts of modern-day north-eastern Afghanistan, eastern Tajikistan, and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in China. Badakhshan Province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Much of historic Ba ...
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Afghanistan
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Life
Taranasaz sang more than 300 songs in
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
. He composed traditional and popular songs and some that were critical of the Taliban.
After fleeing Afghanistan, Taranasaz moved to New York City, and later to Fremont, where he could be closer to the Afghan music scene.
He died in 2007 and was survived by a wife and two children.
Discography
References
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20th-century Afghan male singers
Afghan composers
Pashtun people
Pashto-language singers
Afghan expatriate musicians in Pakistan
2007 deaths
1952 births