Music from Tehran

anyMeta 4.6.58 - Atom module 0.3.2 2017-05-11T16:53:19+02:00 http://www.couscousglobal.com/feed/atom/3352/en Music from Tehran http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/2926 2009-04-10T14:40:42+02:00 An interview with Nazila, female rapper from Iran

A female rapper talking about her life in Iran.

<object width="407" height="306"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PjXqJl5HVbQ&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PjXqJl5HVbQ&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> 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... - ARTICLE film http://www.couscousglobal.com/id/3060 2009-03-26T16:37:10+01:00 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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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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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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Here a clip from tehrans hottest young singer Maral. More of her in a few weeks.....

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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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