Name: Shara
Duration: P00H02M59S
Description: Shara fuses Assyrian folk poetry, a melody written by Assyrian composer Sooren Alexander, and western funk, rock and pop. Shara blends musical markers of different cultural identities and in doing so becomes new. This is immigration, this is diaspora, this is deep cultural roots, this is fusion.

Shara

by Rachel Sarah Thomas

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Shara fuses Assyrian folk poetry, a melody written by Assyrian composer Sooren Alexander, and western funk, rock and pop. Shara blends musical markers of different cultural identities and in doing so becomes new. This is immigration, this is diaspora, this is deep cultural roots, this is fusion.

lyrics

Yaleh oo bnateh azakh sharah
Oudyoum youma d'riqda oo zmara
Yaleh oo bnateh azakh sharah
Oudyoum youma d'riqda oo zmara

Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara
Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara

Yonee speeta bit zamrinakh
Ehka'd parkhat bit doqinakh
Salikh nara khoot eelaneh
Domyeh b'yona yen qaqwaneh
Salikh nara khoot eelaneh
Domyeh b'yona yen qaqwaneh

Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara
Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara

Yaleh oo bnateh azakh sharah
Oudyoum youma d'riqda oo zmara
Yaleh oo bnateh azakh sharah
Oudyoum youma d'riqda oo zmara

Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara
Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara

Yonee speeta bit zamrinakh
Ehka'd parkhat bit doqinakh
Salikh nara khoot eelaneh
Domyeh b'yona yen qaqwaneh
Salikh nara khoot eelaneh
Domyeh b'yona yen qaqwaneh

Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara
Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara
Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara
Khacha jaldeh
Danan la'ora
Khazin qomakh makh minnnara

credits

released May 19, 2023
Shara
Lyrics - Folkloric Assyrian,
Melody - Sooren Alexander
Arranged by - Marcos Rios, Rachel Sarah Thomas, Michael Poupko

Engineered, Produced by Michael Poupko
Mixed by Michael Poupko at OM Studios
Mastered by James Auwarter at Coda Room Audio

Vocal - Rachel Sarah Thomas
Guitar - Marcos Rios
Drums - Rexsell Hardy
Bass and Moog - Adam Brown

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about

Rachel Sarah Thomas Chicago, Illinois

Assyrian-American singer Rachel Sarah Thomas blends folkloric and pop music from Iraq, Iran, and Syria with funk, soul, and rock n' roll. Her first single, "Shara," released on May 19th, 2023, preceeds her upcoming EP Sheekar!

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discography

Sheekar

Feb 2024
Kha Brata Mokhibli

Oct 2023
Barwar

Aug 2023
Tura D'Nareh

Jun 2023
Shara

May 2023
PETRA

Aug 2013

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