- Shye Ben Tzur
Shye Ben Tzur is a Hebrew
Qawwali singer. He was formerly part of the rock band Sword of Damocles. After attending a concert inIsrael by theIndia n classical musiciansHari Prasad Chaurasia and Zakir Hussain, he became interested in Indian music, which brought him into contact with Qawwali. He went toAjmer in India (the site of the mausoleum of one of the greatest India Sufi saints,Moinuddin Chishti ), and learnt Qawwali from qawwals there. In 2004, he performed at Jahan-e-Khusrau, the prestigious international Sufi music festival held inNew Delhi in the spring annually since 2001.External links
* [http://www.outlookindia.com/10question.asp?fodname=20040405 Shye Ben Tzur]
* [http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=qUwYTPIDNzo Shye Ben Tzur at Morchung Studios,Jaipur,India]
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