R2-D2

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Dear R2-D2,

    Thank you! I noticed that Shams have some anti-IRI songs, but their female singers wear Hijabs....so I was not sure if they are based here or Iran.......I do like their singing, I like the male lead singer the most 'cause the guy has a great voice.....I also like the Persian instruments they play....it is super cool. I saved several of their videos.....my favorite one is "Cry of Freedom"....I have listened to that song many many times....that song blew me away.......I have a feeling they took down that song 'cause it is an anti-IRI song...hopefully IRI won't give them the hard time.

I am glad that you like some of the videos........this blog has whole bunch of videos , too:

//iranian.com/main/blog/passing-through/loving-earth-our-mother-yes-my-sweet-not-sweet-and-right-here

Happy New year and take care!

Delaram Banafsheh (Yolanda)

"Cactus in the Desert"

Dear yolanda

The Shams Ensemble, based on what I know,  is actually based in Iran.

This is their Official website. If you scroll down the link that I gave above, it actually comes to that.

I saw some of the beautiful videos that you had posted at PT's most recent blog; I noticed that there was one from the Shams Ensemble too :) !!

Cheers

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 Thank you for sharing. I saved the video...I also saved their video "Cry of Freedom", unfortunately it got removed from You-tube......but I did get a partial version of the song from a different video...I missed their concert in LA 'cause they sold out the tickets, the only tickets availble were for the San Francisco concert.

  Are they based in Iran or outside Iran?

Thanks,

Delaram Banafsheh (Yolanda)

"Cactus in the Desert"

Dear oktaby

Thanks for the link - I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

Nice post

Vatan by Homayoun Shajarian/Dastan Ensemble 2009 was a great and timely performance as well

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5fR7ug_sV4

OKtaby