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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Politics The Classical Revolutionary
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Young Iranians—normally fans of rock and hiphop—are flocking around classical Persian musician Mohammad Reza Shajarian. From the BBC:
His new-found following stems from the fact that he objected to the use of his songs to celebrate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election as president.Now online support is growing for his album Rendan-e Mast (Drunken Libertines), which he released on 29 August before embarking on a European tour of Germany, Sweden, France and the Netherlands, set to begin on 4 September.
The words "rend" (libertine or rogue) and "mast" (drunk or intoxicated) have positive connotations in classical - especially mystic Sufi - Persian poetry.
You can hear some of the new sounds of Iranian rebellion here:
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