It seems like this Persian music thing has more interest than I thought!

Radio

Red 93.1 FM Persian Radio Show – Last week Saturday I was a guest on Vancouver’s Persian Radio Show, got to chat with the host, Ebby, about the situation in Iran and of course the music. He was so fun to talk to that I forgot that I was being interviewed!

JazzNOT – Got to talk a bit about the project on JazzNOT’s Noruz special! What an honour to get played on such an important day for Iranians!

Radio Doost – I got to talk in depth about the project with Saeed on Radio Doost as well! His questions were insightful. I breathed in and answered them to the best of my ability!

 

Blogs

Peyman & His Tonbak – Revered tonbak player and blogger, Peyman, threw in a kind word for me in his blog. This blog is a must for Persian music enthusiasts, he has such a great diversity of interesting Persian musicians featured.

Persia Reference – This blog is a Persian encyclopedia  written in English. The articles are very well written and contain a wealth of information. They have scholars who are eager to find the answers to any question you may have on Persia. They fit me in their entry about “Rashid Khan”. Definitely worth following.

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It’s so lovely to see that despite the situation in Iran, there are hardworking and intelligent Iranians outside volunteering their time to revive the culture with quality content! There’s nothing in it for them, and they still do it. I think this is one of the most delightful discoveries I made since I started this project. It inspired me to do something about it, I really want to take it further and study Farsi. It’s written in stone now on my to-do list.