Asking a Koala to come down from the tree to play with the lyricist/singer who is waiting down there for a longtime. That’s what this simple infantile song, “Koala”, is all about.
Music journalist and writer, contributor of Iranian magazines Aftab Net, Farhang o Ahang (Culture and Music) and musicema.com.
Ata Ebtekar, known by his stage name Sote, a prominent electronic musician, tries to produce a genuine fusion of Iranian traditional music and electronic music.
Latest single of Tehran-based singer-songwriter and cello player Shahrzad Beheshtian – also known as Scheherazad – is a winter song called “Sag-e Zemestan”, which means “Winter Dog”.
Tafreshipour’s first solo album “Inhamani” (Identity) is a new interpretation of Kurdish maqams and folk songs with new arrangement and orchestration.
Oriental guitar riffs, European folk fiddle-melodies, fatten distorted bass-lines played by a cello and energetic drum patterns all along lyrics by Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet.