Dawud Wharnsby
| Dawud Wharnsby | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David Howard Wharnsby |
| Also known as | Dawud Wharnsby-Ali Dawud Ali |
| Born |
June 27, 1972 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres |
Folk Nasheed Spoken Word Hamd World music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer, poet |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, bazouki, oud, bodhran, bongos, djembe, clarinet, tin whistle |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Enter into Peace (1995–present), Sound Vision (1996–2003), Beloved Musika (2006–2009) |
| Associated acts | Idris Phillips, Zain Bhikha, Yusuf Islam, Sami Yusuf, Dale Marcell, Stephen Fearing, Danny Thompson, Irshad Khan |
| Website | www.wharnsby.com |
Dawud Wharnsby (born David Howard Wharnsby on June 27, 1972) is a Canadian UniversalistMuslim singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for his work in the musical/poetic genre of English Language nasheed and spoken word.
Born in Kitchener, Ontario in 1972, David Wharnsby became active in local theatrical productions during his early teens, first performing on a world-class theater stage at the age of 18 in a production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Annas). Other stage work of his late teens included roles in "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown" (Schroeder) and "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead".
At the age of 19 Wharnsby began performing throughout Southern Ontario as a solo musical artist and as a member of various musical groups. His first professional work as a musician was with folk quartet Crakenthorpe's Teapot, hired to perform on street corners of their hometown. Wharnsby traveled extensively throughout Ontario, England and Scotland during 1993 and 1994 as a solo busker – singing informally on street corners and in parks to market and share his music. In 1993 he started his own independent recording entity, Three Keyed Maple Seeds, which in 1996 was renamed Enter into Peace and registered with SOCAN as a music publishing entity.
During the early 1990s Wharnsby worked as a professional actor and puppeteer for two different educational theater troupes, touring public schools and folk festivals throughout Ontario. At the age of 20 he played lead in a short educational film "To Catch A Thief", distributed nationally in Canada to schools as part of the John Howard Society's anti-shoplifting program.
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