Mohammad Syfkhan - I Am Kurdish

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Gorwel & Fiona Fabulous stuff, and just wanted to say thanks for the label more generally. Our listening seems to be on the same traditional/experimental point on the Venn diagram as your output. Go raibh míle maith agat!

diskant On this album, I especially love the songs that are sung in Kurdish (Kurmanji). This is pure joie de vivre!
Di vê albûmê de ez bi taybetî ji stranên ku bi kurdî (kurmancî) tên gotin hez dikim. Ev şahiya paqij a jiyanê ye! Kurdî li Ewropayê ne pirsgirêk e û li vir pirtûkên Kurdî jî dikarin bixwînin. Li vir, berovajî Sûriyê, tu kes neçar e bi erebî biaxive. Ji ber vê yekê em bi taybetî bi stranên kurdî yên vê albumê kêfxweş in. Ji bo wê spas dikim.

Rebel Up SebCat great bouzouki driven string songs, Kurdish folk music for wedding parties and ethno folk dances Favorite track: I Adore These Eyes.

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1.	Do You Have a Lover or Not? 06:05	buy track
2.	I Am Kurdish 02:31	buy track
3.	A Thousand And One Nights 04:37	buy track
4.	Put Coffee In The Glass / Sare, the Night, You Go! 02:16	buy track
5.	Do Not Bow 05:02	buy track
6.	I Adore These Eyes 03:32	buy track
7.	Wasted Years 03:53	buy track
8.	Laylim Ley 03:04	buy track

about

Mohammad’s own brand of ecstatic music takes elements from Middle Eastern and North African music to create an atmosphere of joy, love and happiness.

WHO IS MOHAMMAD SYFKHAN

Mohammad Syfkhan is a Kurdish/Syrian Singer and Bouzouki player. He began playing music in 1980 while he was in college studying nursing. When he got his degree in 1983, Mohammad moved to the city of Raqqa, Syria where he began working as a professional singer and started his own band, The Al-Rabie Band which played concerts, parties, weddings and festivals all over Syria. The Al-Rabie Band were a much sought-after group. Their live sets included Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish and some Western songs as well as Mohammad’s own original material.

Mohammad continued to play with his band while also working as a surgical nurse until the war broke out in 2011. This unfortunately brought tragedy to Mohammad’s family when one of his sons was killed by Isis thus threatening the lives of the rest of his family. His family had no choice but to leave their home and seek safety in Europe. Three of Mohammad’s sons were resettled in Germany while Mohammad, his young daughter and wife were taken in by Ireland. Mohammad has spoken at length of his confusion and despair with fundamentalists and how their message is a far cry from the teachings of love and understanding that he considers the true message of Islam.

Since arriving in Ireland, Mohammad has used the language of music to integrate into the local community by playing at private parties and concerts. He regularly plays at weddings and events for the Kurdish and Syrian communities all over Ireland and in Germany. He has collaborated with such Irish artists as Martin Hayes, Cormac Begley, Eimear Reidy, Cathal Roche and Vincent Woods. In 2023 he opened for Lankum at the Cork Opera House and received huge applause from the packed out room.

Mohammad’s own brand of ecstatic music takes elements from Middle Eastern and North African music to create an atmosphere of joy, love and happiness. The songs on ‘I am Kurdish’ have been recorded and mixed with the view to make them to suitable for listening to at a small get together or to be played on a big rig at night clubs. Either way, it is a record that will make people dance.

Three of the tracks on the album feature accompaniment by two fellow Leitrim-based musicians: composer, improviser, sound artist and saxophonist Cathal Roche and composer, improviser and cellist Eimear Reidy.

“I thank everyone who has stood with me and supported me. And I especially thank the Irish people who have engaged with my music in such a wonderful way. I consider myself lucky to have come to this wonderful country that has welcomed me and all refugees. I thank God for everything, and now, thanks to this wonderful country, I am a musician and have a safe home. Thank you to the Irish government and people for giving me the honour of calling this country my home.”
- -Mohammad Syfkhan

credits

released February 14, 2024

Mohammad Syfkhan – Vocals, Bouzouki, Arrangements
Eimear Reidy – Cello
Cathal Roche – Saxophone

Songs 1, 2, 4 on Side A and Song 2 on Side B recorded at The Meadow Studio Co Wicklow, February 2023
Songs 3 Side A and Songs 1, 3, 4 on Side B recorded at Studio Moo Moo, Effrinagh, Co Leitrim, June 2022
All Songs mixed at The Meadow Studio
Engineer Rian Trench
Assistance by George Brennan
Mastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs, Co Roscommon
Produced by Willie Stewart
Design and layout by Andy Wild
Special thanks to Mat Warren

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