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CD Review
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WFHB Music, CD Review >>
Persian guitarist Pouya Mahmoodi threads together classical traditions with rock, jazz, and blues. Before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Mahmoodi listened to his father’s Western rock and pop records. He was inspired by Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple’s guitar abilities, though his vocals sound in some ways similar to Tool singer Maynard James Keenan. Passion felt. On Mehr (translating to both love and sun) Mahmoodi interprets traditional melodies on his guitar, and bends Persian music beyond the norm by including Zaar music into his repertoire, which has roots in Ethiopia and Somalia.
comments / tracks of interest:
#1: captivating rhythm, Rumi poetry
#4: begins w/ sounds from the ocean, marimbas?
#5: female vocals
#6: bears the strongest resemblance to Maynard (or am I crazy)
#7: beautiful violin beginning
#8: lyrics from Zaar song
#9: desert guitar riffs
#11: somewhat jazzy
-- by Cathi Norton 02/22/08 >> go there
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