Ehsan AmanW
Ehsan Aman

Ehsan Aman is an Afghan American singer. He is one of the few veterans of Afghanistan’s lost music Golden Age who've maintained their popularity over the decades. He gained fame in Afghanistan during 1970s and early 1980s with his first singles and the performances he held at Kabul University. Exiled since the early 80s in the US, he has continued writing and producing music in the state of Virginia, which has also been his residence since that time.

HangamaW
Hangama

Hangama is a popular Tajik singer from Afghanistan. When she became a singer her mother chose the name Hangama for her and her real name is Zuhra. She currently lives in Toronto, Canada where she continues her music career. Before her emigration from Afghanistan in the early 1980s, she was counted as one of the most popular female singers of the country. Besides Afghanistan, she is also known in Tajikistan and Iran where she has a fan base

Y. MisdaqW
Y. Misdaq

Y. Misdaq a.k.a. Yoshi is an Afghan-English multimedia artist, writer, creative consultant, and is founder of the arts website Nefisa, which also doubles as an independent media label- Nefisa UK. Since 2004 he has released four albums, three documentaries and three novels, and most recently has released a poetry series as well as appearing on numerous works, either anonymously or under different pseudonyms as writer, filmmaker, and performer.

Nasrat ParsaW
Nasrat Parsa

Nasrat Parsa was an Afghan singer. Up until his murder, he continued his music in exile from Hamburg, Germany, occasionally touring other countries.

Ustad QasimW
Ustad Qasim

Qasem Jo, better known as Ustad Qasim, was an Afghan musician, composer, and singer. He is generally considered by musicologists to be one of the more prominent Afghan musicians of the 20th century, being dubbed the "Father of Afghan Music".

Wajiha RastagarW
Wajiha Rastagar

Wajiha Rastagar born 12 May 1967, is a singer from Afghanistan. She is wife to fellow singer and composer Farid Rastagar. She sings in Persian and Pashto, She currently lives in Germany along with her husband & children, and she continues her career from there. Wajiha Rastagar was a student of primary school when she participated in the school’s cultural programmes.

Ghulam Dastagir ShaidaW
Ghulam Dastagir Shaida

Ghulam Dastagir Shaida Ustad Ghulam Dastagir (1916–1970) was an Afghan singer and musician. Ustad Shaida was born in the Kharabat neighborhood of Kabul, home of Kabul musicians who sung in classical Indian tradition. Ustad Shaida is considered as one of the great Ustads of Afghan classical music along with Ustad Sarahang and Ustad Rahim Bakhsh. His unique voice and style of singing resulted in fellow Kharabat musicians bestowing upon him the title of Shaida, which in Sufi tradition means one who has sacrificed himself for divine love.