Iran Unveiled

photography by renee rosensteel

Played some great Iranian music for WYEP's hosting of two great Iranian writers... The event was Iran Unveiled, and hosted Anahita Firouz and Moniro Ravanipour... I played Persian classical music of the zarb, oud and vocal ensemble, but I also played modern sufi work like Mercan Dede and some Persian pop. good times... a testimonial from the WYEP organizer is below...

"Thanks for DJ-ing at Iran Unveiled last week. Your wonderful music really took the whole evening to another level. Moniro and Anahita really loved everything you played. We would definitely be interested in working with you in the future. It’s always great to find someone who knows their stuff and is as easy to work with as you were."

persian panthers' norouz celebration

i played a norouz celebration (new years) for an iranian student group. it featured traditional music during dinner and modern iranian pop and dance music for a two hour dance party afterwards.

the big hits? ironically syrian pop tune by omar souleyman and justin timberlake's "sexyback"... but mostly i played iranian pop. in fact, if i went too long without playing something persian i heard about it quick from the crowd...

awesome night. excellent food, circle dancing, clapping and a big tip! a lot of the students had older and younger relatives, so it was a beautiful time of mutli-generational dancing.