Emruz Festival In collaboration with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Present

Please join us for a Music Performance and Conversation with Karaj Collective over Zoom.
Language: English/Farsi Duration: 20 mins Time: 12:00 PM EST , 5:00 PM GMT 8:30 PM Tehran

Karaj Collective live sets presents new compositions, improvisation, and original fusion music, bringing together influences from jazz, blues, and Kurdish, Azeri, Afghani, and Armenian folk music.

- Pouya Mahmoudi: Guitar

- Saleh Zarei: Bass Guitar

- Ali Nourbakhsh: Percussion

Karaj brings together three distinguished Iranian contemporary musicians all of whom have transversed musical borders and traditions to find a truly original sound. Guitarist Pouya Mahmoudi has been one of Iran's most creative, introducing traditional folk scales and melodies to blues and rock form and technique. Percussionist Ali Nourbakhsh has spent the last ten years exploring the intersections between Iranian, Western and South American rhythm, and bassist Saleh Zarei Lal Abadi's career has taken him from metal to experimental jazz. They have performed on various stages in Europe including the 2018 London Jazz Festival.