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A Modern Take on Folk: Simorgh

Posted on May 26, 2009 by sixpillars • Leave a comment

When five young men who are a typical modern concoction of traditional Iranian values and MTV play music together what will it sound like? Simorgh incorporate group chanting and a lyrical poetry that is folk-rap, accompanied by the evocative ney flute, tar strings and the empty bellow of the daf drum in their music, which … Continue reading →

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