Muslim Singer: Interview with Sami Yusuf (attend, faith, service, religions)

[Cordoba]

Assalamo Alaikom

Last December Sami Yusuf has a great success in Toronto:

TORONTO, December 26 (IslamOnline.net) - Sami Yusuf, the British Muslim singer, capped off the second day of the 3rdReviving The Islamic Spirit Convention in Toronto with a concert that captivated the audience.

Yusuf, whose recent album, Al-Muallim (Teacher), has taken the Muslim world by storm, was performing for the first time in Canada.

His concert was much anticipated by the convention goers who sang along to the popular songs he performed from his album and cheered him on throughout the performance.

The 24 year-old Yusuf was born into a musical family of Azeri origin and showed a keen interest in music from an early age.

http://islamonline.net/English/News/...rticle05.shtml

This year his concerts around the world, including one in Egypt, were very well-atended.

[Cordoba]

Omair Ali interviews Sami Yusuf, one of the Uk's leading Nasheed singers (BBC)

Sami Yusuf is fast becoming, or arguably is, the UK's leading Nasheed singer. In Muslim culture Nasheeds are a popular form of music that praise the Prophet (peace be upon him) and glorify Allah. Typically few, if any, instruments feature in a Nasheed and the human voice is expected to carry the Nasheed.

Unsurprisingly with the constraints of the Nasheed form traditional Nasheed artists have struggled to captivate Muslim youth already immersed in the sophisticated sounds of contemporary music. However, one Nasheed artist who has a growing following is Sami Yusuf. His training in Western Musical theory and the Middle Eastern modes (or Maqams) has produced his distinctive voice that has performed to sold out venues around the world.

The 23 year old artist was born into a musical family of Azeri origin and his initial musical training came at an early age from his father who was a composer, poet and musician. After composing some of his own pieces Sami received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He released his first Album Al-Mu'allim in the Summer of 2003 and is part of a revival in Nasheed music amongst Muslim youth. Here Omair Ali interviews Sami Yusuf in the wake of the success of Al-Mu'allim.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/features/sami_yusuf/

[Cordoba]

Eid Song by Sami Yusuf:

The feast when Muslims celebrate the Hajj this year will be on Tuesday.

This is a song by Sami Yusuf on this occasion.

http://www.islamonline.net/English/E...a/sound/01.ram

Eid Mubarak and best wishes to all.

[Peace]

Filmed in India, Turkey and the United Kingdom as well as Egypt, it's available as a Windows Media download now! videos


Click on the link below to listen and watch "Hasbi Rabbi" (which means my God is sufficient for me) by Sami Yusuf, it's in English, Turkish, Hindi and Arabic. Very beautiful indeed! Enjoy it

http://www.samiyusuf.com/video/index.htm

Peace

[Cordoba]

The song is very nice.

Thanks Peace.

[Cordoba]

Sami Yusuf: Breaking the Shackles of Bigotry Through Inshad

Sami Yusuf is a rising star in the sky of Islamic Inshad. Composition, superior voice, carefully chosen lyrics and, above all, devotion to Islam, make him the perfect model for a true artist with a noble cause.

Sami Yusuf has his own view of how music can play a central role in delivering his beautiful message to the average westerner; making them receives it with sympathy, or at least without enmity or malice.

Here, Islamonline.net has the privilege to interview the Muslim British artist, despite his busy schedule.

http://www.islamonline.net/English/E...05/12/11.SHTML

[michel]

Originally Posted by Cordoba

Sami Yusuf: Breaking the Shackles of Bigotry Through Inshad

Sami Yusuf is a rising star in the sky of Islamic Inshad. Composition, superior voice, carefully chosen lyrics and, above all, devotion to Islam, make him the perfect model for a true artist with a noble cause.

Sami Yusuf has his own view of how music can play a central role in delivering his beautiful message to the average westerner; making them receives it with sympathy, or at least without enmity or malice.

Here, Islamonline.net has the privilege to interview the Muslim British artist, despite his busy schedule.

http://www.islamonline.net/English/E...05/12/11.SHTML

I am so delighted this thread has 'resurfaced' this music is incredible!

[EiNsTeiN]

I just bought My Ummah...It's pretty good...I like the man!