npr on playing heavy metal in baghdad with acrassicauda. podcast here.
bbc on the iranian underground rock scene. »
from the beeb’s strand: Iran’s alternative musicians discuss the burgeoning underground music scene and the difficulties, amidst strict censorship laws of releasing and performing their music in their home country
listen here.
No One Knows About Persian Cats is released on Friday.
raksit leila [mashrou’ leila] official video by yelostudio.
dj mutamassik classic. bidoun one.
at sxsw? seek out rainbow arabia. kabuki [pictureplane negative slave re-work]. via above the fold + hype machine.
].nateejeh bala shughol [ramallah underground].
ibrahim maalouf [wnyc].
franco-lebanese master trumpeter ibrahim maalouf visited brooklyn’s barbès. listen to the entire show here.
kamal musallam and billy cobham [facebook]. »
kamal will be sharing news and updates via this facebook group on his upcoming collaboration with drummer bill cobham.
