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Music from Tehran

Does hiphop exists in Iran? Is classical music in Iran underground? You will get the answers in this chain...

 

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    An interview with Nazila, female rapper from Iran

    A female rapper talking about her life in Iran.


    Iran is a country with more than one face. the dominant face in the west is the one we see in our media. I'm not going to mention any examples because I assume you're to come up with those by yourself. Here's another - and less seen - face of Iran: a female rapper. She speaks about her life, her work and of course she spits a few bars together wit her back up MC. Pay your respect...

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    Passion: Musicians of Tehran: part 1/3

    This is the first part in a three part series of interviews we had with musicians from Tehran, Iran. In this part: Kiavash. Fiddler and member/co-founder of the Collegium Musicum Tehran.

    Contains an excerpt from the song 'The Ladder In My Blood' by Scott Kelly and parts from several classical works (of which I don't know the name. Sorry bout that.)

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    Passion: Musicians of Tehran: part 2/3

    This is the second part in a three part series of interviews we had with musicians from Tehran, Iran. In this part: Maral singer/songwriter of the band The Plastic Wave.

    Contains excerpts of the songs 'The Ladder in my Blood' by Scott Kelly, plus two tracks by The Plastic Wave: 'My Clothes on Other Bodies' and Autotomy.

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    Passion: Musicians of Tehran: part 3/3

    This is the third and final part in this series of interviews we had with musicians from Tehran, Iran. So last - but surely not least - we'd like to introduce you to Ehsan. He plays guitar (and composes songs) in a band that combines Iranian folklore, Jazz and symphonic/progressive rock.
    He also writes music for theater plays.

    Contains excerpts of the songs 'The Ladder in my Blood' by Scott Kelly and works by Ehsan's band Whisper.

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    Maral, triphop from Iran

    Here a clip from tehrans hottest young singer Maral.
    More of her in a few weeks.....

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    A New Years Concert from Iran for you.....

    Iranian Siavash and Dutch Johannes Leertouwer play at the Teheran University in a baroques masterclass in Teheran University december 2008.
    Filmed by Neil van der Linden for Couscous Global.

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