According to ShahabNews.com which was the first website to publish the news about the undergrounders’ Dubai concert the organizer of the event Amir Shojaie has in an open letter to the website announced that his interview with Radio Free Europe had been deliberately and selectively twisted in reflection while the sole motive for this concert is to celebrate the birthday of the 12th shi’ite Imam in a Muslim country and nothing more!
Several of Iran’s young underground artists such as Yas and Mehdi Asadi along with Samyar from Australia are to have a concert in Dubai on May 15. The advertising of the event started first after the arrival of the guys to Dubai in order to prevent any possible obstacle set forth by the authorities. according to Radio Free Europe $10.000 of the profits will be donated to the House of Art of Bam.
Having sold 800.000 of his self-titled debut album worldwide and 2,5 million ringtones of “Boro Boro” in Russia alone, Arash is back with his follow up collection called “Donya”. He has conquered most international markets except UK and USA and in own explanation expressed in the Swedish daily Sydsvenskan it is due to the fact that its basically impossible to break through in America by singing in any other language other than English and Spanish. But his music is created to be in Persian he says and even though he would love to break through in the English speaking countries, the dream of one day performing in a fully crowded stadium for his countrymen in Iran tops that!
Yesterday when my girlfriend and I were watching the Peter Andre and Jordan reality show (most likely unknown to you guys in US) I spotted Tito Jackson and by his side a tall and dark brunette, who not only looked incredibly Iranian but also incredibly familiar. After hearing that my girlfriend also had the same impression I went googling and found out that the woman was no other than our very own Shaghayegh aka Claudia Lynx, reportedly a friend to the Jackson family! Now to the hardcore fans of the beauty this might be old news and call for a big “duh!”, but to yours truly who haven’t followed her website/fansites it was something of a surprise! It was pleasing to see that the beautiful teenager we once knew has grown up to be a beautiful woman who elegantly dresses her age!
According to the Etemead daily Mohsen Chavoshi has just received his permit from Ershaad for the release of his legal debut “Ye Shaakhe Niloofar”, which was postponed last year due to the dispute of Hozeye Honari and Ershaad for the prior’s unconstitutional issuing of permits. The album co-arranged and produced by Mohamad Reza Ahari is said to be more TRANCE but in many ways different from Chavoshi’s other songs. Mohsen Chavoshi says that he already has his second album ready which is a collection based on the classic poetry of legends such as Rumi and Baba Taher, titled “Molaanaa” (a la Mohsen Namjoo’s “Toranj”?).
The monthly Nassime Haraz reported the 9th IRI government’s denial of performance permits for artists such as Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and Sami Yusuf, following the latest de Burgh controversy!
The ARIAN chose their most up-beat songs for performance in Kish Summer Festival and re-arranged all the ballads to faster pace for the event. They even invited the sensational bass-player Dara Darayi to boost things up on stage, something which was welcomed by the entire audience. Its interesting that these radical changes were made after Ali Pahlavan recent statement about his urge to record an adult contemporary album filled with slow and romantic ballads! Something which according to him wasn’t supported by the producer who didn’t saw a market for such music. Can it be yet another sign of a possible solo project for Ali Pahlavan in near future?
Here is the controversial interview which some have emailed me about. This little clip from VirtuPoint.Tv has in the past days steered up a lot of emotions among the fans of the brothers, who have apparently been offended by the fact that Kamran and Hooman chose to present themselves as Canadians rather than Iranians! Without the slightest reference to their Iranian origin, neither nationally nor musically!
The extravagant Australian-born fashionista Sam Sparro released his self-titled album last month and just like the Finish/Lebanese Mika his music too has been brought MAINSTREAM by the tremendous support of fans on internet! Sparro continues to build further on the old British Electro-POP style of the 80’s with the dark and melancholic tone that the Italians once brought to it through their Italo-DISCO. Some American FUNK and SOUL added to it and you get a flavour presented by the first HIT “Black and Gold”!
Mohsen Namjoo is said to be working on an old leaked album of his called “Jabre Joghraafiaa(Geographic Algebra”, to reproduce it with a JAZZ twist and release it on an Austrian label in Vienna.
According to the Etemead daily Mohsen Chavoshi has just received his permit from Ershaad for the release of his legal debut “Ye Shaakhe Niloofar”, which was postponed last year due to the dispute of Hozeye Honari and Ershaad for the prior’s unconstitutional issuing of permits. The album co-arranged and produced by Mohamad Reza Ahari is said to be more TRANCE but in many ways different from Chavoshi’s other songs. Mohsen Chavoshi says that he already has his second album ready which is a collection based on the classic poetry of legends such as Rumi and Baba Taher, titled “Molaanaa” (a la Mohsen Namjoo’s “Toranj”?).
The ARIAN chose their most up-beat songs for performance in Kish Summer Festival and re-arranged all the ballads to faster pace for the event. They even invited the sensational bass-player Dara Darayi to boost things up on stage, something which was welcomed by the entire audience. Its interesting that these radical changes were made after Ali Pahlavan recent statement about his urge to record an adult contemporary album filled with slow and romantic ballads! Something which according to him wasn’t supported by the producer who didn’t saw a market for such music. Can it be yet another sign of a possible solo project for Ali Pahlavan in near future?
