"Doomsday Senario" recorded @ Klearlight Studios Dallas by Jay Jernigan
Jay Jernigan - Drums
Scott Cooksey - Bass
Ali - Voice, Fender Rhodes, Melotron
"I Gotta Friend" recorded @ Memphis Independent by Chris Swenson
Hope Clayburn - Baritone sax
Jason Poff - Bass, Organ
Ali - Voice, Guitar
Chris Swenson - Additional Guitar, Tambourine
Jay Jernigan - drums
"Refugee Song" recorded @ Memphis Independent by Chris Swenson
Hope Clayburn - Flute, Backup Vocal
Jason Poff - Bass, Organ
Ali - Voice, Guitar
Chris Swenson - Drum
"Roja" recorded @ Strange Weather Studios Brooklyn by Marc Alan Goodman
Alfonso Velez - Guitar, Backup Vocal
Ali - Voice, Guitar
"Arlesian Nights" recorded @ Strange Weather Studios Brooklyn by Marc Alan Goodman
Alfonso Velez - Guitar
Ali - Voice, Guitar
"Memphis" recorded @ Little Life Studios New York by Rob Friedman
Rob Freidman - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Dobro, Accordion
Ali - Voice, Guitar
Ali Eskandarian’s transnational upbringing makes him a prescient voice for our era. The Iranian-American troubadour draws upon influences as discrete as American folk, rock and traditional Persian music to craft songs about love, travel, politics and loneliness. The results have earned him comparisons to greats like Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley.
Ali was born in Pensacola, FL, on September 11, 1978, to a father who was an officer in the Iranian Air Force. Growing up in Tehran, Iran during the Iranian Revolution, Ali found strength in music. “I was always around music,” he explains. “It’s hard to find an Iranian party without dancing and singing. The Islamic revolution has not been successful in trying to stop people from having a good time.” After the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, the family was granted political asylum in Germany. After two years, they relocated to Dallas, Texas, where Ali experienced an arts-filled adolescence. After attending college in Plano, Ali moved to New York in 2003 to pursue his dream. He said, “I eventually realized how much music meant to me and that I could be a musician.”
Buzz has built around Ali’s live performances, which include a summer tour opening up for Peter Murphy last year. Ali’s highly anticipated second album is slated for a September release on Wildflower Records. Ali’s intensely personal blend of East and West is an adventurous, politically compelling addition to the musical landscape. Most of Ali's energy is going towards helping to keep Iran in the news. Ali and a group of Iraninan artists, musicians, and filmmakers have created Freedom Glory Project. Please have a look.
FREEDOMGLORYPROJECT.COM
Hey Ali, I saw you in that Freedom Glory video on youtube. Great song, great performance. Let us know whenever your in LA so we can come see you guys. Damet gahrm
Been practicing Government Meat -- hope to do it at an open mike sometime. The media does have Alzheimer's, FGP is doing needed and very fine work ... long struggle, my prayers. ld
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Oh heck yeah, that was my little joke. Couldn't be anyone else, as much as you've sung it together. Now I can hear you two harmonizing any time I want. That's real nice.
so whats up with you?, i havent talked to you in a while, i have the feeling ur ignoring me, well i just wanted to see how you were doing. well take care!
