New Free Music!
February 14, 2011
   
Dawud’s been doing some updates to the website this past weekend and is pleased to announce some new music now available for FREE DOWNLOAD HERE.
Among the items you may want to put on your iPhone are the a’capella hymn/nasheed “He Who Seeks” (an alternative vocal take from existing harmony version available on-line elsewhere), a rare recording of Dawud performing live back in 1993 with a band called The Lakes, and a full CD’s worth of cover tunes Dawud has recorded over the years ~ just for fun.
In months ahead, watch for further free music ~ including some of Dawud’s past concerts!
New Tour Dates Announced
January 28, 2011
 New tour dates for winter/spirng 2011 have been announced and are listed here on Dawud's itinerary.
Dawud's involvement with the Poetic Vision Tour, combined with his own solo shows, will see him travel to over 15 US cities, 3 cities of the UK and even a special performance (his very first!) in his own hometown of Kitchener-Waterloo Canada! Tour dates in the UK are also expected to increase for June and July.
Keep an eye on this website or the Poetic Vision Tour Website for details of exact show times and locations, as they are updated during the coming days.
Dawud's New Book and CD For Children Is On The Way!
January 11, 2011
Kube Publishing (UK) is pleased to announce that a new book and CD for children by Dawud Wharnsby entitled “A Picnic of Poems” is scheduled for release this coming spring. The collection of 30 new poems and songs is reminiscent of Dawud’s earlier recordings “A Whisper of Peace” and “Sing Children of The World” both lyrically and musically, yet it reflects a refined maturing of Dawud as a writer, singer and educator.
~ View Kube Publishing’s announcement about the release here ~
~ Read more information about the project here ~
Tour of The Netherlands Comes To A Close For Dawud & Zain
December 7, 2010
Dawud Wharnsby, together with friends Zain Bhikha, Idris Phillips and Matthew Bubel, enjoyed the warmth of audiences on some wintery nights during a recent one week tour of cities in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Zain and Dawud were welcomed at several schools ~ where the two artists sang and spoke with students about the importance of using music as means of important self-expression. Concerts followed in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp ~ which included collaborative performances by the artists.
Download Dawud, Idris and Matthew's full performance for free by clicking the link below (or, by left-clicking to "Save Link As...").
Dawud & Idris ~ LIVE IN ROTTERDAM
December 5, 2010
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Out Seeing The Fields ~ Now Remixed & Remastered!
February 15, 2011
 The 2007 album "Out Seeing The Fields" by Dawud Wharnsby (featuring Idris Phillips) has now been recently remastered and is available both here and on iTunes!
Dawud says, "These times of rapidly changing technology and digital distribution are quite exciting for independent artists. Out Seeing The Fields was a very personal album for Idris and I. We wanted to revisit the mixes with the newest studio technology available, to brighten the album's overall sound and really bring out certain aspects of its arrangements."
Also in the pipeline for 2011 is an alternative "World Rhythm" version of the CD utilizing only vocals and percussion, featuring bonus tracks and guest vocals by South African singer Zain Bhikha.
Baby News!
January 31, 2011
 Dawud and his wife Ayesha are excited to announce the birth of their baby daughter Safiya Wharnsby. Safiya came into the world on January 30, 2011, welcomed warmly by her older sister Maryam (age 3). Both mother and baby are strong, healthy and home from hospital.
Safiya is an Arabic name meaning "sincere friend". In Swahili the name means "pure” or “pure of heart". It is also Greek (Sofia) for "wisdom".
The Wharnsby's will spend the next few weeks with family in Colorado USA and in Ontario Canada before little Safiya makes her first trip overseas to the family's primary home in Pakistan.
Another child enters the world ~ to help make it a better place for all!
Warner Music Malaysia To Release Khaled Belrhouzi Albums
December 15, 2010
Warner Music Malaysia are set to release Khaled Belrhouzi's albums Man'ana and Burdah by the end of 2010.
Man'ana, Khaled's latest album, features duets with Dawud Wharnsby on a unique version of the Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) song "Silent Sunlight" as well as the traditional spiritual song, "Tala Al Badru Alayna (The White Moon Rose Over Us)".
The albums will be available throughout the Far East.
Dawud & Idris ~ The Poet and The Pirate
December 12, 2010
Red-Beard and White-Beard were back in studio together again last week for some unique recording sessions in Nashville, Tennessee.
Though both artists have solo and collaborative music albums scheduled for release in 2011, their recent Nashville recordings were an experiment in blending un-released (and in some cases improvisational) jazz compositions by Phillips, with Wharnsby's spoken poetry.
According to Dawud, "The album sort of came about by accident late one night when Idris started playing me recordings of his instrumental compositions and improv jazz sessions. I began reading some of my poetry overtop and he pointed me toward the microphone. By 4 am we had several tracks recorded."
Watch for more information on the project's release coming soon!
 
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