Biography

A multi talented Artist, Dawood Sarkhosh was born in 1971 in the province of Urozgan in Central Afghanistan . He started to compose poetry at the age of 9 and play Dumbura and to sing at the age of 17. He studied the Hazaragi Danbura for a short period with the help of his elder brother Sarwar Sarkhosh, and studied Hamoonia/Accordion under the Pakistani composer the late Arbab Ali Khan – from the province of Sind . At a time when Afghan music had fallen into obscurity under the despotism of fundamentalists

Sarkhosh revived the art by creating songs inspired by a sense of nationalism and suffering in exile. His song were not commercial, they were artistic reflection of the nostalgia and the bitter taste of refugee life experienced by millions of Afghan refugees throughout the world. They rush to his concerts in their thousands to share their refugee culture with him and enjoy it for a few hours.    

Up till now Dawood Sarkhosh has released 3 CDs which are available in almost every Afghan house. His first CD “Sarzamin-e- Man” came out in England in 1998 and shortly after the second CD “Pari Joo “ (Fairy) was released in 2000. The third CD “Sepid -o-Siah” (Black & White) has been released in 2004. Today Sarkhosh is considered as an accomplished artist and one of the most popular and distinguished artistic figures of Afghanistan .

Dawood Sarkhosh is married to K. Nekzad Sarkhosh. They have 3 sons Saboor 9 , Zulfiqar just 7 and Yasir 8 months.

Dawood Sarkhosh Clips --->   ( Safar, Hazaragi ) ( Safora_Hazaragi )

Date & Place	Media Channel	Theme / Headlines	Play
15 December 2005	Interview with BBC on phone	About new works
21st August 04 Wiana	BBC - London (Rangin Kaman)	New Album "Sapeed o Siyah"
7th November 04	BBC - London (Rangin Kaman)	At the Hospital
13th August 04	VOA - Washington (Saday Ashna)	Biography and Albums
19-21 October 04	Radio Azadi	Biography, Albums etc.
28th December 02	Radio "Nidaiy Watan" Copenhagen	Afghan Songs analysing
21 March 04	BBC - London	About Afghan New Year (Nowroz)
2nd August 04	BBC - London	New album "Sapeed o Siyah"
February 01	Pameer - Iran	Singing Culture of Afghanistan