Iranian Jewish female singer, accompanies herself on the Persian sitar
September 17, 2010 9:12 AM   Subscribe

Iranian Jewish female singer, accompanies herself on the Persian sitar...who could it be?

I heard the end of it on the radio and didn't write it down. It was a youngish woman singing and playing quite a quite spare accompaniment on the Persian sitar.

I remember that it was about Iranian Jewish music.

She was good, I'd be surprised if she isn't on the 'world music' radar.
posted by Not Supplied to Media & Arts (13 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
Rita Yahan-Farouz, maybe?

And a video so you can listen.
posted by JaredSeth at 10:07 AM on September 17, 2010


Response by poster: thanks, but i don't think so...these were in a traditional or acoustic style.
posted by Not Supplied at 10:25 AM on September 17, 2010


I don't know who it is, but you probably mean the setar.

Sahba Motallebi is a great Iranian female setar and tar player, but I would be surprised if she were Jewish. Here she rocks out on the setar.
posted by k. at 10:37 AM on September 17, 2010


Thought for a moment (no idea why) you could be referring to Sheila Chandra, but your details make it clear that's definitely not the case.

I'm intrigued - hope someone comes up with the answer!

Could you call the radio station?
posted by batmonkey at 10:55 AM on September 17, 2010


Response by poster: thanks. setar is the right instrument i think. i should add that the songs were slow and emotional and the setar playing more minimal.
posted by Not Supplied at 11:06 AM on September 17, 2010


Response by poster: i was doing something unfortunately and don't have any details
posted by Not Supplied at 11:08 AM on September 17, 2010


I wonder if it was PRI The World because they play world music and I vaguely remember a story about an Iranian woman singer awhile back. Here is their music archives.
posted by govtdrone at 11:49 AM on September 17, 2010


Sitar is the instrument. Could it be... Ofra Haza?
posted by InterestedInKnowing at 12:36 PM on September 17, 2010


Response by poster: Nah, wrong voice and the songs were very intimate. One was a lullaby, the other something else. I think traditional, or in a tradition. She was playing the sitar/setar herself in the radio studio...the playing style was very simple and unadorned.
posted by Not Supplied at 12:53 PM on September 17, 2010


Sepideh Raissadat?

Facebook bio: Sepideh began studying Radif at the age of 9 with the famous Persian singer Ms. Parissa, and continued with Mr. Parviz Meshkatian and Mr. Mohammad Reza Lotfi and she plays Setar as her major instrument. Sepideh was the first female singer in Iran after the revolution who sang in a duet, when women could only sing in groups. This was recorded as her first Album composed by Mr. Meshkatian when she was 18.
posted by iconomy at 5:21 PM on September 17, 2010


Response by poster: Thanks. It could be. They were definitely Iranian Jewish songs and the bio says she learned persian classical, but Sepideh Raissadat looks like she researches and plays different things so maybe. Hard to say without hearing her in the same setting, but she's very good anyway...thanks!
posted by Not Supplied at 11:25 PM on September 17, 2010


Response by poster: Having heard a solo song, I think it is her.
posted by Not Supplied at 11:30 PM on September 17, 2010


Cool beans ;)
posted by iconomy at 5:16 AM on September 18, 2010


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