Tagged: iran
Neli – Ki Bood {197x}
Taken from the compilation “Khana Khana”, published by Pharaway Sounds. Buy the vinyl at Guerssen Records.
Mehrpouya – Soul Raga {1974}
“Collected from several 45s & his one lp issued between 1968- 76, please enjoy Pharaway Sounds’ introduction to Iranian sitarist, the debonair Abbas Mehrpouya (1927- 1993). Tehran’s most exotic musician led a swank &...
Pooneh – Hamishe Tanha {197x}
The original song, “Gönül Dağı”, was written in 1971 by Neşet Ertaş from Turkey. The best known performance is by Barış Manço & Kurtalan Ekspres from 1973. This version from Iran is by Pooneh...
Googoosh – Dige Gerye Delo Va Nemikoneh {1975}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I59Yj6xlmY8 La Grande Dame of Iranian Pop! Sorry for the substandard quality, here’s a version with better audio.
Kourosh Yaghmaie – Gol-e Yakh {1974}
Back From The Brink by Kourosh Yaghmaei In 2011, Now-Again Records released an anthology of the Iranian musician Kourosh Yaghmaei, its called Back from the Brink – Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock from Iran: 1972-1979 and...
Habib – Marde Tanhaye Shab {1977}
Nice but somewhat kitschy ballad from Iran with a nice Moog melody.
Googoosh – Gol Bi Goldoon {1971}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b35upve0RYg This heart-melting song by the Iranian superstar Googoosh leads me to the conclusion that music can be an universal language that is able to unite people from different cultures, religions and listening habits....