Sargon Gabriel
Encyclopedia
Sargon Gabriel is a famous Assyrian musician born in Baghdad
, Iraq
.
Sargon Gabriel began singing as a teenager and made his first appearance on live television at the age of 17 in Baghdad
, Iraq
. He began singing backup on albums for another Assyrian singer, Albert Rowel, before starting his career as a solo singer and even did a cover of Albert Rowel's famous song, "Asmar, Asmar" in his 1987 album entitled 'Wy Wy Minnakh'. Sargon Gabriel has also been featured singing with other famous Assyrian
singers including Linda George
, and Janan Sawa
; in fact, he helped bolster Linda George
's singing career when he featured her in the track, "Dalale" in his album of the same name released in 1981. He has been singing for over thirty years and has released over twenty albums. His first album was released in 1973. His songs have become very popular in the Assyrian community upon the release of his first albums and his songs are often sung by other musicians at weddings, parties, and other social gatherings.
Sargon Gabriel's music style usually involves traditional Assyrian folk music with the instruments, dola and zurna. His music also contains more modern western musical elements.
The singer currently resides in Chicago
, Illinois
.
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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Sargon Gabriel began singing as a teenager and made his first appearance on live television at the age of 17 in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. He began singing backup on albums for another Assyrian singer, Albert Rowel, before starting his career as a solo singer and even did a cover of Albert Rowel's famous song, "Asmar, Asmar" in his 1987 album entitled 'Wy Wy Minnakh'. Sargon Gabriel has also been featured singing with other famous Assyrian
Assyrian people
The Assyrian people are a distinct ethnic group whose origins lie in ancient Mesopotamia...
singers including Linda George
Linda George
Linda George is an ethnic Assyrian singer who resides in the United States Of America. The vast majority of her songs are sung in her native Assyrian language...
, and Janan Sawa
Janan Sawa
Janan Sawa is a famous Assyrian musician.A Catholic by faith, Janan started singing in 1972, at the age of 17. In 1975, Janan's father forced him to marry. He spent 4 years in the Iraqi army, from 1974 to 1978....
; in fact, he helped bolster Linda George
Linda George
Linda George is an ethnic Assyrian singer who resides in the United States Of America. The vast majority of her songs are sung in her native Assyrian language...
's singing career when he featured her in the track, "Dalale" in his album of the same name released in 1981. He has been singing for over thirty years and has released over twenty albums. His first album was released in 1973. His songs have become very popular in the Assyrian community upon the release of his first albums and his songs are often sung by other musicians at weddings, parties, and other social gatherings.
Sargon Gabriel's music style usually involves traditional Assyrian folk music with the instruments, dola and zurna. His music also contains more modern western musical elements.
The singer currently resides in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
.
Discography
- Yimma Yimma (1973)
- Atouraya (1976)
- NinevehNinevehNineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and capital of the Neo Assyrian Empire. Its ruins are across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq....
(1978) - Shlama Aturaya (1980)
- Dalaleh (1981)
- Ganta D-Perdeisa (1982)
- Khooyada D-Omta (1983)
- Parzona (1984)
- Sara (1985)
- Way Way Minnakh (1987)
- Neqda (1989)
- Leeshana D-Yimma (1991)
- Kertey (1992)
- NinevehNinevehNineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and capital of the Neo Assyrian Empire. Its ruins are across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq....
(1994) - Shooshla (1996)
- Darwid (1997)
- The Greatest Songs (1998)
- The Legend Continues (2002)
- Perdaisa (2004)
- Live In SydneyLive in SydneyLive in Sydney is the 2001 DVD release of Kylie Minogue's On a Night Like This Tour. The DVD features exclusive backstage footage of the concert, including a look into the dancers dressing rooms and a prank played on Kylie during the show entitled 'Will Kylie Crack'...
(2004) - Al Balee (2006)
- Bassy Bassy (2010)
External links
- Official Site
- Qeenatha: Sargon Gabriel
- http://www.assyrian4all.net/songs/sargon%20gabriel.html