Yaran – My Love
 
Track 1 from Restless Heart
 
 
Symphony of Doubt
 
Track 8 from Restless Heart
Words: Nawroz Abbas
Melody: Tara Jaff
On 29th September 2003, a vibrant 16 year old girl,
was brutally murdered in London by her father in
the name of “honour”.  This song was written in
dedication to all victims of “honour killing”
Hora mix.
 

Hora is an ancient form of chanting prevalent amongst the Jaff tribe of South Kurdistan. It is believed this form of chanting has survived since the advent of Zoroastrianism, 3000 years ago. This is my own experimental mix of Harp and Daf  (sample from Hussein Zahawy) with an old cassette of Hora that was left to me by my father.

Day in a crazy city.
 

Bringing my friends together to jam with a piece that I composed for harp some years ago but never got round to recording it.  Nihad Jamshir joined me on drums and bass guitar, Rizgar Nazan on oud,  Farhad Salih on violin.

Love of a tree
 

Inspired by watching a tree dancing to a breeze and joined by a squirrel while I was waiting for Bus No. 72.

 In memory of the victims of Al-Anfal >>
 

With Adnan Karim,  words by Rafiq Sabir