Wednesday, October 28 2009
Ata Ebteka: Ornamentalism: Ata Ebtekar and the Iranian Orchestra For New Music Performing Works of A
Hints of Persian music are masked by a confounding digital ruckus as one of Iran's premier electronic composers takes on one of the country's pioneering electro-acoustic minds.
Thursday, September 24 2009
The Fish Fall in Love
A charming but confounding Iranian anti-romance based on the story of Scheherazade -- but with cookery substituting for storytelling.
Thursday, July 16 2009
Chicken with Plums
Before even opening Chicken with Plums it is apparent that the book will have to go beyond the cultural seduction of Persepolis if Satrapi’s career is to become anything other than a one-note veil dance.
Monday, June 22 2009
Iran and the West
Iran and the West looks back at the past three decades of tension and eruption.
Sunday, February 1 2009
Iran: Dissolver
The reclusive, elusive Iran release their third record after six years of silence, and the sound -- once noisy and gnarled -- is so toned down it could be mistaken for the work of an entirely different band.
Wednesday, June 11 2008
Haale: No Ceiling
Haale's music is a bit like Tori Amos using her belting voice over Middle-East-influenced rock 'n' roll.
Tuesday, March 18 2008
Pouya Mahmoodi: Mehr
Mahmoodi has a mild-mannered, steady voice with an elongated lilt and a gentleness that makes him sound as if he’s singing to himself and you happen to be accidentally overhearing him.
