bbc checks in on the contemporary iranian music scene. »
beeb presenter behzad bolour chooses his selection of contemporary persian music with tracks from take it easy hospital, rana farhan and shahab tolouie.
beeb presenter behzad bolour chooses his selection of contemporary persian music with tracks from take it easy hospital, rana farhan and shahab tolouie.
ahlan bel eid. the full version. [safaa abu elsaud].
sussan deyhim orchestral performance. music by jan a.p. kaczmarek. hat tip andrew sullivan.
doosh doosh. lyrics and music by ali akbar sheida from the songs of a persian garden lp. [mahsa & marjanvahdat].
kronos quartet performing tashweesh by ramallah underground via @aswaattbasel on pitchfork tv. [floodplain on nonesuch].
leka eka3 is bringing together well established artists from the region’s growing alternative music scene. Bands that have been building their musical language and audience separately in each country will finally get the chance to meet and fuse their genres to blast a new experience.