Artist Info: Zâr

Zâr (Persian: زار) is a collaborative effort between Iranian folk band Shanbehzadeh Ensemble and Matthieu Donarier Trio, a French jazz band.
Since 2001, two groups have been working together at revisiting the music of Southern Iran, which itself stems from age-old cultural exchanges between Eastern Africa and Persia. One is the Shanbehzadeh Ensemble Saeid & Naghib Shanbehzadeh with Habib Meftaboushehri three Iranian musicians who celebrate tradition and champion the right of peoples to express their culture. [read more...]