Award winning Afghan singer and composer Farhad Darya has been the most influential musician on the Afghan Music scene since the mid 80s, and certainly is a founder of a new wave of music in Afghanistan. His influences have echoed throughout several music styles and subsequent generations. Darya is known as the most prominent voice and a revolutionary creative force behind the contemporary music of Afghanistan. He pioneered several different styles of songwriting, and redefined the role of vocalist in the music of Afghanistan while his style of singing has been among the very small number of the most emotional and easily identifiable voices.