Rough Guide To Iran

Music you will hear in downtown Tehran today: traditional classical, folk and rock. The liner notes are very informative.
1: 3: 28 bowed strings, male vocal, fast. High energy. Cool sounds, rock oriented
2: 4:12 fast percussion, male vocals, fast hammered strings, traditional but fast.
3: 7:40 slow haunting vocal/wail, duduk maestro Djivan Gasparyan
***4: 2:06 low level but GREAT percussion, Instrumental
5: 3:30 slow & low plucked strings & fem vocal/wail, slow but beautiful sound.
**6: 2:04 breathy reed flute (ney) instrumental
7: 3:47 slow & low plucked strings minimal vocal
***8: 5:55 great plucked & bowed strings, slow and very nice
**9: 5:15 male vocal/wail with gentle guitar & far out double flute
10: 4:18 mid tempo plucked & strummed strings
11: 3:18 mild rock with spoken word/wail of Rumi and Hafez
**12: 3:37 nice plucked dotar ( long-necked lute) male vocal/wail
***13: 4: 25 plucked & bowed strings, male vocals nice traditional folk romp.
***14: 4:26 slow& low drone intro then ROCK jam. Hafez poetry set to rock music.
***15: 8:24 fast low plucked & bowed string/percussion jam intro, than male vocal/wail great traditional classical sound applause at end. D Farrell 08/2006