Nikos Dankha, who is better known from his stage name Prince Of Assyria, was born in Iraq and moved to Sweden with his family in the age of 1. His debut album Missing Notes showed ten atmospheric and vulnerable folk songs that portray his life in Iraq and his growing up as an immigrant in a culture that felt unfamiliar. Love and loss were also themes on the album that is maybe best described as melancholic and dark. The music of the band has been compared to the most delicate moments of Leonard...
Nikos Dankha, who is better known from his stage name Prince Of Assyria, was born in Iraq and moved to Sweden with his family in the age of 1. His debut album Missing Notes showed ten atmospheric and vulnerable folk songs that portray his life in Iraq and his growing up as an immigrant in a culture that felt unfamiliar. Love and loss were also themes on the album that is maybe best described as melancholic and dark.
The music of the band has been compared to the most delicate moments of Leonard Cohen or Nick Cave. If Prince Of Assyria could fill its plain songs with hooks and bring their soft performance into life, it could indeed grow to be the Scandinavian version of its peers. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
