{"id":613452,"date":"2024-03-19T18:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sheherazaads-new-roots\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T18:02:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:02:27","slug":"sheherazaads-new-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sheherazaads-new-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sheherazaad\u2019s new roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27d1dd11193\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sheherazaads-new-roots\/#The_American_singer-songwriters_new_EP_Qasr_creates_a_transcendent_grammar_from_the_music_of_her_heart\" >The American singer-songwriter\u2019s new EP Qasr creates a transcendent grammar from the music of her heart.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_American_singer-songwriters_new_EP_Qasr_creates_a_transcendent_grammar_from_the_music_of_her_heart\"><\/span>The American singer-songwriter\u2019s new EP <i>Qasr<\/i> creates a transcendent grammar from the music of her heart.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260762\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Sheherazaad_-_shoot_in_Goa_Credit_Ronit_Sarkar__WEB_mfdlf2\/sheharazaad-photo-by-ronit-sarkar.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Sheherazaad\u2019s new roots\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Sheharazaad. Photo by Ronit Sarkar.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260763\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>The Opener is The FADER&#8217;s short-form profile <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of casual conversations with exciting new artists.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260759\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Sheherazaad is in a hurry. The songwriter and composer is on her way from rehearsals in New York City, she tells me after I call her, and she needs to find a patch of nature to decompress in. \u201cEven if it&#8217;s just one shitty little river facing a ferry area,\u201d she says, it\u2019s good enough. These escapes are vital for her to create music like that of her new EP <i>Qasr<\/i>, a five-track celebration of her boundless musical heritage from the South Asian diaspora and beyond. \u201cIt&#8217;s deriving from source and prayer, and being connected to spirit,\u201d she says of her writing process, \u201cand so it&#8217;s very hard to do that without some kind of access to nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <i>Qasr<\/i> has a fraught relationship with foundations, treating them as both stabilizing and agents of internal chaos. Sheherazaad was raised in the South Bay Area by a family of musicians \u2014 her parents both played in bands and her grandmother produced concerts for giants of Indian classical music. In her house, she heard globally beloved singers like Aretha Franklin and Lata Mangeshkar, as well as \u201ca fair bit of bad fusion,\u201d too. Her formal education began at age six with the study of jazz and the American Songbook; but these fixtures didn\u2019t add up to the sum of the expression in Sheherazaad&#8217;s heart, so she gave up singing for years. \u201cI just felt like, \u2018This can\u2019t be it,\u2019\u201d she says, a trace of protest still lingering in her voice.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260764\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3841439916\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sheherazaad.bandcamp.com\/album\/qasr\">Qasr by Sheherazaad<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260760\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            While attending New York University for global education studies, Sheherazaad found a community of other artists from similar backgrounds who had channeled their frustrations into new sounds. She attended a 2016 show in Brooklyn featuring Swet Shop Boys and Arooj Aftab on the lineup; the gig helped spur her to return to music, and Aftab would eventually produce <i>Qasr<\/i> after winning a Grammy for 2022\u2019s <i>Vulture Prince<\/i>. \u201cIt is a continuous education, working with her, seeing her as the northern star,\u201d Sheherazaad says. \u201cHer aura has been so creatively nourishing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Sheherazaad returned to the West Coast after college and connected with Madhuvanti Bhide, a guru in Hindustani classical music who would aid her re-immersion in Persian and Arabic music. Sheherazaad&#8217;s debut album <i>Khwaabistan<\/i> (meaning \u201cDreamland\u201d in English) was released in 2020; though now unavailable to stream or purchase, it was integral for Sheherazaad in \u201crevealing a world of musicality, of soundscape that I could keep building on with every new step forward.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260765\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheherazaad - Mashoor (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qyxov4IpEJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('260765');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-260761\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>Qasr<\/i> embodies Sheherazaad\u2019s central belief that \u201cthe voice is the most intimate reflection of our inner and outer world.\u201d Singing in Hindi and Urdu, Sheherazaad wields her voice like a brush made of smoke, casting her calligraphy across each track. On \u201cMashoor,\u201d the project\u2019s opener and a treatise on the pitfalls of fame, she begins with a Hope Sandoval dreaminess that routinely hits operatic peaks. The surf rock glaze of \u201cKoshish\u201d is given a revelatory glow, with Sheherazaad&#8217;s voice weaving around the melodies, giving them new context and colors. All of the songs tell a story \u2014 Sheherazaad compares them to individual rooms in a house \u2014 but she cautions against literal interpretations of the lyrics. \u201cStoried lyricism, storied musicality, it&#8217;s all at the heart of what I do,\u201d Sheherazaad says, \u201cbut it&#8217;s definitely non-linear forms of storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <i>Qasr<\/i> ends with \u201cLehja,\u201d a ballad that feels like a desolate island with gentle wisps of kanun passing through a limestone bedrock of soft piano keys as Sheherazaad describes a young woman who is ostracized for being herself, yet endures. At the end of the song, she seems to look the listener in the eye, singing \u201cTum bhi, sheher valon ko bhool jao \/ Azaadi! \/ Azaadi!\u201d (\u201cYou too, forget the city folk \/ Freedom! \/ Freedom!\u201d) It\u2019s an entreaty for the listener as much as a mantra for Sheherazaad, who stresses the importance of fluidity in her work. \u201cIt&#8217;s about pushing the boundaries and honoring the experimental,\u201d she says, \u201cfinding the nuance and subverting the expectation, even from oneself.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jordan Darville<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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