Confession: I either have no inspiration to write or get so incredibly excited that I can’t focus on one topic and therefore hop from draft to draft to draft, like a…
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Lyrics
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Updated: 8 July 2019One of the first concerts that I went to in Tehran was Alireza Assar. My cousin went ahead and bought two tickets and told me I was going…
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Updated: 8 July 2019The Music + Lyrics posts that I do are never among the most popular (although some of you have told me they’re your favorites- thanks!), but I still…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Just before Nowruz, I came across the band Damahi and was immediately enveloped in a warm fuzzy feeling when I heard their song Divaneh (Crazy)- so much so…
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Updated: 25 May 2019 Iranian songs do this funny thing. In the beginning (and/or sometimes end), there’s a voice that comes on and kind of whispers the name of the singer.…
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Updated: 14 November 2018I first stumbled upon Mehdi Saki and Kamakan randomly during a search for something else. After hearing their live version of Labkhand (Smile), I felt like I had…
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Updated: 8 July 2019Music coming out of Iran these days has taken over by storm whatever Persian pop music was once coming out of LA. I can honestly say that I…
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Updated: 8 July 2019It’s been a while since I’ve written a Music + Lyrics post. This one comes from Marjan Farsad whose lyrics are beautiful in their simplicity (not to mention…