The singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam, one of Britain’s most famous Muslims, is to headline a rare live concert with a new single released to draw attention to the plight of lone child refugees.
The charity gig will take place on 14 June at Central Hall Westminster to coincide with the release of the single, He Was Alone. The video for the song follows one refugee boy who loses his family and home, before eventually dying on the road. His grave is marked only with the word walad – meaning boy.
Islam said the ballad, his first new music since 2014, was one of the very few he had written which did not have a message of hope. He said: “I am an eternal optimist. Peace Train, Moon Shadow are all optimistic but this might be one of the only songs I have written which has no happy ending.
“Because I don’t see any end at the moment. Happiness is what people want to feel [when they listen to music] but if you look over your shoulder, things are happening that ain’t that happy.”
SOURCE: The Guardian
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