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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Azam Ali

Angel Romero August 21, 2018 No Comments Azam AliIranIranian musicMiddle Eastern musicNiyazVasworld music

Azam Ali is internationally recognized for her work with Vas and Niyaz. Vas was the critically-acclaimed, best selling, world music duo she co-founded in 1996…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Vas

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 1 Comment Azam AliUnited States of AmericaVasworld fusion

Vas the Latin word for vessel was a collaboration between Persian born vocalist Azam Ali and American percussionist Greg Ellis. They met at a Master…

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Events

‘A World In Trance’ Music Series in New York City

Angel Romero April 18, 2017 No Comments A World In TranceAzam AliChartwell DutiroNew YorkNiyazRiyaaz Qawwali

‘A World In Trance’, a 3-day festival featuring the spellbinding music of Zimbabwe, Iran, Pakistan and India will take place April 29-30 in New York…

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Album reviews

Under the Spell of Azam Ali

TJ Nelson April 13, 2011 No Comments Azam AliIranian music

Azam Ali From Night to the Edge of Day (Six Degrees Records, 2011) Azam Ali’s hauntingly lovely voice should be a familiar one considering her…

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Azam Ali Records Middle Eastern Lullaby Album

World Music Central News Room March 12, 2011 1 Comment Azam Ali

Iranian singer Azam Ali has recorded a new album where she explores Iranian, Turkish, Lebanese, and Kurdish lullabies. From Night to the Edge of Day…

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Album reviews

Six Degrees Times Three

Tom Orr June 5, 2008 Azam Ali

Jef Stott – Saracen (Six Degrees Records 657036 1146-2, 2008) Sonantes – Sonantes (Six Degrees Records 657036 1148-2, 2008) Niyaz – Nine Heavens (Six Degrees…

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General News

Azam Ali’s Evocative Voice Graces the Big Screen and Television

World Music Central News Room November 1, 2006 Azam Ali

San Francisco (California), USA – Azam Ali has been busy lending her vocal talents to two highly anticipated films; 300 (Warner Brothers) and The Nativity…

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Album reviews

Persian Roots Transformed into a World of Stratospheric Sensuality

TJ Nelson October 5, 2006 Azam Ali

Azam Ali Elysium for the Brave (Six Degrees Records, 2006) Born in Iran and raised in India and the United States, Azam Ali is familiar…

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New Releases

Vas Vocalist Azam Ali Releases Elysium for the Brave

World Music Central News Room September 3, 2006 Azam Ali

Elysium for the Brave (Six Degrees Records), Azam Ali’s second solo album, signals a new turn in her musical evolution. The album, her most ambitious…

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