Mehrnam Rastegari at Joe's Pub

One of NYC's most dynamic young international artists, Mehrnam Rastegari returns to Joe's Pub on December 11th to celebrate the release of her dazzling debut album, Dislocated Pulse.

An award-winning composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and master of the kamancheh -the Persian bowed spiked fiddle - Rastegari leads a quartet of extraordinary, NYC-based musicians on a dizzying deep dive into Persian psych rock. Joined by guitarist Amit Peled, bassist Panagiotis Andreou, drummer Dani Danor, and special guest percussionist Martin Shamoonpour on daf and dayereh, Rastegari leads this powerhouse ensemble through six original compositions and one reimagned Kurdish folk piece....

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One of NYC's most dynamic young international artists, Mehrnam Rastegari returns to Joe's Pub on December 11th to celebrate the release of her dazzling debut album, Dislocated Pulse.

An award-winning composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and master of the kamancheh -the Persian bowed spiked fiddle - Rastegari leads a quartet of extraordinary, NYC-based musicians on a dizzying deep dive into Persian psych rock. Joined by guitarist Amit Peled, bassist Panagiotis Andreou, drummer Dani Danor, and special guest percussionist Martin Shamoonpour on daf and dayereh, Rastegari leads this powerhouse ensemble through six original compositions and one reimagned Kurdish folk piece.

The raw, otherworldly sound of the kamancheh and folk-rooted vocals anchor the music in centuries-old storytelling, while electronic effects carry them forward in time. Persian scales resurface on microtonal fretted electric guitar, echoing the Middle Eastern accent with distortion, while heavy fretless bass and expansive drums drive the sound into a bold contemporary terrain.

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