Seven Seas Music and Value Culture welcome you to a free music concert Friday November 5th, 2021 4pm-7pm at the music bandshell in Golden Gate Park celebrating Afghanistan artists. Both Seven Seas Music, an international music discovery and licensing platform, and Value Culture, a non-profit presenting organization, are local burgeoning businesses embracing world culture. This concert reinforces Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This concert is in partnership with Illuminate and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. The concert is free and open to all ages. and more information can be found at www.valueculture.org.
Welcome to Afghanistan will feature Afghani artists Mozhdah, Kabul Dreams, and Qais Essar.
[Mozhdah]
Mozhdah never calls herself the "Oprah of Afghanistan". That's just the name her adoring global audience--which includes individuals like Barack and Michelle Obama as well as Ms. Winfrey herself--has given her. That's because, like Oprah, this Kabul-born, Vancouver-based icon has sparked conversations and inspired women all over the world as a bold, big-hearted example of female leadership.
Through her internationally renowned music career and groundbreaking television show The Mozhdah Show, Mozhdah has inspired profound respect and serious controversy in equal measure. She's the first Afghani artist to produce hit records in English, capturing a global audience and performing on international stages. She's the first Afghani woman to brave death threats in order to host her own talk show and cover sensitive subjects impacting Afghani women and children. She's the first Afghani female artist to perform in the White House, or appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, or express her mission of empowerment on CNN.
A singular voice in music and media, she's risked everything in order to express herself--along with the deepest hopes of women across the planet.
[Kabul Dreams]
Conceived in the underground scene of Afghanistan's capital 13 years ago, Kabul Dreams has since become the country's most celebrated rock group with their indie garage-rock sound and potent lyrics. The band consists of Sulyman Qardash (lead singer and guitarist), Siddique Ahmed (bassist) and Jai Dhar (drummer).
As Afghanistan's first rock band, they took significant risks to follow their passion with many critics calling their music "Western propaganda", resulting in death threats from the Taliban and ultimately forcing them to relocate to the US. But they preserved, and went on to release critically acclaimed albums, Plastic Words, Megalomaniacs, and With Love From Kabul Dreams, with songs in both English and Dari - Afghanistan's most widely spoken language. Their English songs help express their country's plight to the world, while their Dari songs celebrate the positive changes the country has seen over the past 20 years offering inspiration to the Afghan people.
Their music has since caught the world's attention, including Metallica's, and the band continues to stand by their fellow Afghans and fight for freedom as "now more than ever, we need to be shouting from the rooftops."
[Qais Essar]
Qais Essar is a contemporary Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer who channels his melodic designs through the rabab, a 2,500 year old instrument from Afghanistan. He has toured extensively, sharing his new genre of music nationally and internationally.
Essar has released two LPs, four EPs and one live album. His first LP, The Green Language (2014), quickly became an Amazon #1 bestseller, followed by his second LP, Tavern of Ruin in 2016. He has contributed original music to feature films also. In 2017, Qais was recruited by director Nora Twomey to compose an original song for her Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated film, The Breadwinner (produced by Angelina Jolie). He earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for "Best Original Song" for his piece The Crown Sleeps. Additionally, he orchestrated a sold-out run of the musical Tear a Root from the Earth at the OBIE award winning Ice Factory at the New Ohio Theatre in New York City.
Essar continues to be featured in festivals and venues around the world including the Newport Folk Festival, SXSW, The Kennedy Center, Treefort Music Festival and more. Essar released his 3rd LP, The Ghost You Love Most in 2018 to critical acclaim.
[Golden Gate Park Bandshell]
Live music has returned to the Golden Gate Bandshell's iconic stage with a series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, courtesy of Illuminate, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and community partners. The free, all-ages concerts will run through the end of 2021, with Singer-Songwriter Wednesdays, Jazz and Soul Fridays, Cultural and Community groups on Saturdays, and Reggae Sundays, as well as many special events.
The free concert series was planned for Golden Gate Park's 150th anniversary in 2020, a yearlong celebration put on by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. While the series kickoff was delayed by the pandemic, the Golden Gate Bandshell was upgraded with a new stage, built-in theatrical lighting and state-of-the-art Meyer sound system.
The 120-year-old Golden Gate Bandshell is the oldest structure in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse, an open-air plaza built for the 1894 World's Fair. Also called the Spreckels Temple of Music, the Bandshell was a gift to San Franciscans from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels.
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Welcome to Afghanistan will feature Afghani artists Mozhdah, Kabul Dreams, and Qais Essar.
[Mozhdah]
Mozhdah never calls herself the "Oprah of Afghanistan". That's just the name her adoring global audience--which includes individuals like Barack and Michelle Obama as well as Ms. Winfrey herself--has given her. That's because, like Oprah, this Kabul-born, Vancouver-based icon has sparked conversations and inspired women all over the world as a bold, big-hearted example of female leadership.
Through her internationally renowned music career and groundbreaking television show The Mozhdah Show, Mozhdah has inspired profound respect and serious controversy in equal measure. She's the first Afghani artist to produce hit records in English, capturing a global audience and performing on international stages. She's the first Afghani woman to brave death threats in order to host her own talk show and cover sensitive subjects impacting Afghani women and children. She's the first Afghani female artist to perform in the White House, or appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, or express her mission of empowerment on CNN.
A singular voice in music and media, she's risked everything in order to express herself--along with the deepest hopes of women across the planet.
[Kabul Dreams]
Conceived in the underground scene of Afghanistan's capital 13 years ago, Kabul Dreams has since become the country's most celebrated rock group with their indie garage-rock sound and potent lyrics. The band consists of Sulyman Qardash (lead singer and guitarist), Siddique Ahmed (bassist) and Jai Dhar (drummer).
As Afghanistan's first rock band, they took significant risks to follow their passion with many critics calling their music "Western propaganda", resulting in death threats from the Taliban and ultimately forcing them to relocate to the US. But they preserved, and went on to release critically acclaimed albums, Plastic Words, Megalomaniacs, and With Love From Kabul Dreams, with songs in both English and Dari - Afghanistan's most widely spoken language. Their English songs help express their country's plight to the world, while their Dari songs celebrate the positive changes the country has seen over the past 20 years offering inspiration to the Afghan people.
Their music has since caught the world's attention, including Metallica's, and the band continues to stand by their fellow Afghans and fight for freedom as "now more than ever, we need to be shouting from the rooftops."
[Qais Essar]
Qais Essar is a contemporary Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer who channels his melodic designs through the rabab, a 2,500 year old instrument from Afghanistan. He has toured extensively, sharing his new genre of music nationally and internationally.
Essar has released two LPs, four EPs and one live album. His first LP, The Green Language (2014), quickly became an Amazon #1 bestseller, followed by his second LP, Tavern of Ruin in 2016. He has contributed original music to feature films also. In 2017, Qais was recruited by director Nora Twomey to compose an original song for her Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated film, The Breadwinner (produced by Angelina Jolie). He earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for "Best Original Song" for his piece The Crown Sleeps. Additionally, he orchestrated a sold-out run of the musical Tear a Root from the Earth at the OBIE award winning Ice Factory at the New Ohio Theatre in New York City.
Essar continues to be featured in festivals and venues around the world including the Newport Folk Festival, SXSW, The Kennedy Center, Treefort Music Festival and more. Essar released his 3rd LP, The Ghost You Love Most in 2018 to critical acclaim.
[Golden Gate Park Bandshell]
Live music has returned to the Golden Gate Bandshell's iconic stage with a series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, courtesy of Illuminate, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and community partners. The free, all-ages concerts will run through the end of 2021, with Singer-Songwriter Wednesdays, Jazz and Soul Fridays, Cultural and Community groups on Saturdays, and Reggae Sundays, as well as many special events.
The free concert series was planned for Golden Gate Park's 150th anniversary in 2020, a yearlong celebration put on by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. While the series kickoff was delayed by the pandemic, the Golden Gate Bandshell was upgraded with a new stage, built-in theatrical lighting and state-of-the-art Meyer sound system.
The 120-year-old Golden Gate Bandshell is the oldest structure in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse, an open-air plaza built for the 1894 World's Fair. Also called the Spreckels Temple of Music, the Bandshell was a gift to San Franciscans from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels.
Seven Seas Music and Value Culture welcome you to a free music concert Friday November 5th, 2021 4pm-7pm at the music bandshell in Golden Gate Park celebrating Afghanistan artists. Both Seven Seas Music, an international music discovery and licensing platform, and Value Culture, a non-profit presenting organization, are local burgeoning businesses embracing world culture. This concert reinforces Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This concert is in partnership with Illuminate and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. The concert is free and open to all ages. and more information can be found at www.valueculture.org.
Welcome to Afghanistan will feature Afghani artists Mozhdah, Kabul Dreams, and Qais Essar.
[Mozhdah]
Mozhdah never calls herself the "Oprah of Afghanistan". That's just the name her adoring global audience--which includes individuals like Barack and Michelle Obama as well as Ms. Winfrey herself--has given her. That's because, like Oprah, this Kabul-born, Vancouver-based icon has sparked conversations and inspired women all over the world as a bold, big-hearted example of female leadership.
Through her internationally renowned music career and groundbreaking television show The Mozhdah Show, Mozhdah has inspired profound respect and serious controversy in equal measure. She's the first Afghani artist to produce hit records in English, capturing a global audience and performing on international stages. She's the first Afghani woman to brave death threats in order to host her own talk show and cover sensitive subjects impacting Afghani women and children. She's the first Afghani female artist to perform in the White House, or appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, or express her mission of empowerment on CNN.
A singular voice in music and media, she's risked everything in order to express herself--along with the deepest hopes of women across the planet.
[Kabul Dreams]
Conceived in the underground scene of Afghanistan's capital 13 years ago, Kabul Dreams has since become the country's most celebrated rock group with their indie garage-rock sound and potent lyrics. The band consists of Sulyman Qardash (lead singer and guitarist), Siddique Ahmed (bassist) and Jai Dhar (drummer).
As Afghanistan's first rock band, they took significant risks to follow their passion with many critics calling their music "Western propaganda", resulting in death threats from the Taliban and ultimately forcing them to relocate to the US. But they preserved, and went on to release critically acclaimed albums, Plastic Words, Megalomaniacs, and With Love From Kabul Dreams, with songs in both English and Dari - Afghanistan's most widely spoken language. Their English songs help express their country's plight to the world, while their Dari songs celebrate the positive changes the country has seen over the past 20 years offering inspiration to the Afghan people.
Their music has since caught the world's attention, including Metallica's, and the band continues to stand by their fellow Afghans and fight for freedom as "now more than ever, we need to be shouting from the rooftops."
[Qais Essar]
Qais Essar is a contemporary Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer who channels his melodic designs through the rabab, a 2,500 year old instrument from Afghanistan. He has toured extensively, sharing his new genre of music nationally and internationally.
Essar has released two LPs, four EPs and one live album. His first LP, The Green Language (2014), quickly became an Amazon #1 bestseller, followed by his second LP, Tavern of Ruin in 2016. He has contributed original music to feature films also. In 2017, Qais was recruited by director Nora Twomey to compose an original song for her Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated film, The Breadwinner (produced by Angelina Jolie). He earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for "Best Original Song" for his piece The Crown Sleeps. Additionally, he orchestrated a sold-out run of the musical Tear a Root from the Earth at the OBIE award winning Ice Factory at the New Ohio Theatre in New York City.
Essar continues to be featured in festivals and venues around the world including the Newport Folk Festival, SXSW, The Kennedy Center, Treefort Music Festival and more. Essar released his 3rd LP, The Ghost You Love Most in 2018 to critical acclaim.
[Golden Gate Park Bandshell]
Live music has returned to the Golden Gate Bandshell's iconic stage with a series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, courtesy of Illuminate, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and community partners. The free, all-ages concerts will run through the end of 2021, with Singer-Songwriter Wednesdays, Jazz and Soul Fridays, Cultural and Community groups on Saturdays, and Reggae Sundays, as well as many special events.
The free concert series was planned for Golden Gate Park's 150th anniversary in 2020, a yearlong celebration put on by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. While the series kickoff was delayed by the pandemic, the Golden Gate Bandshell was upgraded with a new stage, built-in theatrical lighting and state-of-the-art Meyer sound system.
The 120-year-old Golden Gate Bandshell is the oldest structure in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse, an open-air plaza built for the 1894 World's Fair. Also called the Spreckels Temple of Music, the Bandshell was a gift to San Franciscans from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels.
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Welcome to Afghanistan will feature Afghani artists Mozhdah, Kabul Dreams, and Qais Essar.
[Mozhdah]
Mozhdah never calls herself the "Oprah of Afghanistan". That's just the name her adoring global audience--which includes individuals like Barack and Michelle Obama as well as Ms. Winfrey herself--has given her. That's because, like Oprah, this Kabul-born, Vancouver-based icon has sparked conversations and inspired women all over the world as a bold, big-hearted example of female leadership.
Through her internationally renowned music career and groundbreaking television show The Mozhdah Show, Mozhdah has inspired profound respect and serious controversy in equal measure. She's the first Afghani artist to produce hit records in English, capturing a global audience and performing on international stages. She's the first Afghani woman to brave death threats in order to host her own talk show and cover sensitive subjects impacting Afghani women and children. She's the first Afghani female artist to perform in the White House, or appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, or express her mission of empowerment on CNN.
A singular voice in music and media, she's risked everything in order to express herself--along with the deepest hopes of women across the planet.
[Kabul Dreams]
Conceived in the underground scene of Afghanistan's capital 13 years ago, Kabul Dreams has since become the country's most celebrated rock group with their indie garage-rock sound and potent lyrics. The band consists of Sulyman Qardash (lead singer and guitarist), Siddique Ahmed (bassist) and Jai Dhar (drummer).
As Afghanistan's first rock band, they took significant risks to follow their passion with many critics calling their music "Western propaganda", resulting in death threats from the Taliban and ultimately forcing them to relocate to the US. But they preserved, and went on to release critically acclaimed albums, Plastic Words, Megalomaniacs, and With Love From Kabul Dreams, with songs in both English and Dari - Afghanistan's most widely spoken language. Their English songs help express their country's plight to the world, while their Dari songs celebrate the positive changes the country has seen over the past 20 years offering inspiration to the Afghan people.
Their music has since caught the world's attention, including Metallica's, and the band continues to stand by their fellow Afghans and fight for freedom as "now more than ever, we need to be shouting from the rooftops."
[Qais Essar]
Qais Essar is a contemporary Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer who channels his melodic designs through the rabab, a 2,500 year old instrument from Afghanistan. He has toured extensively, sharing his new genre of music nationally and internationally.
Essar has released two LPs, four EPs and one live album. His first LP, The Green Language (2014), quickly became an Amazon #1 bestseller, followed by his second LP, Tavern of Ruin in 2016. He has contributed original music to feature films also. In 2017, Qais was recruited by director Nora Twomey to compose an original song for her Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated film, The Breadwinner (produced by Angelina Jolie). He earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for "Best Original Song" for his piece The Crown Sleeps. Additionally, he orchestrated a sold-out run of the musical Tear a Root from the Earth at the OBIE award winning Ice Factory at the New Ohio Theatre in New York City.
Essar continues to be featured in festivals and venues around the world including the Newport Folk Festival, SXSW, The Kennedy Center, Treefort Music Festival and more. Essar released his 3rd LP, The Ghost You Love Most in 2018 to critical acclaim.
[Golden Gate Park Bandshell]
Live music has returned to the Golden Gate Bandshell's iconic stage with a series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, courtesy of Illuminate, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and community partners. The free, all-ages concerts will run through the end of 2021, with Singer-Songwriter Wednesdays, Jazz and Soul Fridays, Cultural and Community groups on Saturdays, and Reggae Sundays, as well as many special events.
The free concert series was planned for Golden Gate Park's 150th anniversary in 2020, a yearlong celebration put on by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. While the series kickoff was delayed by the pandemic, the Golden Gate Bandshell was upgraded with a new stage, built-in theatrical lighting and state-of-the-art Meyer sound system.
The 120-year-old Golden Gate Bandshell is the oldest structure in Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse, an open-air plaza built for the 1894 World's Fair. Also called the Spreckels Temple of Music, the Bandshell was a gift to San Franciscans from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels.
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