ROYA World Music
"Innovative Fusion, Seductive Sounds"- The Smithsonian

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"Dreamy, ethereal, capitalizing on Roya's novel Persian-Flamenco sound. World music beautifully executed, opulently delivered." 2011 Billboard Discoveries

Produced by Roya Bahrami.  All original compositions, and arrangements by Roya Bahrami. Lyrics based on poetry of  Rumi, Sohrab Sepehri, Fereydoon Moshiri, and Roya Bahrami.

Roya Bahrami: santur, vocals
Ricardo Marlow: flamenco guitar
Denis Malloy: bass clarinet, clarinet, tenor sax
Steve Bloom: congas, shakers, cajon, bata, ashiko, daf, percussive colors
Jon Seligman: bodhran, riqq

Recorded & mastered by Charlie Pilzer,  mixed by Frank Marchand, Airshow, Takoma Park, MD. Cover artwork by Sean B. Bahrami.

Copyright 2010 Roya Bahrami, Washington DC USA. All rights reserved.

"A poetic blend of Persian and Flamenco music in an electro-acoustic recording. A true reflection of my life over the past decade."

All music composed and producted by Roya Bahrami. Lyrics based on poetry of  Rumi, Hafez, Sohrab Sepehri, and Roya Bahrami.

Roya Bahrami: santur, vocals, daf, tombak, MIDI instruments

Recorded & mixed by Roya Bahrami. Mastered by Greb Ondo. Cover artwork by Bob Bahrami.

Copyright 2007 Roya Bahrami, Washington DC USA. All rights reserved.

“A sparkling and rhythmically sophisticated mix of new age, Persian, Indian, Gypsy, and jazz musics. Fans of Oregon will find much to like here.” June/July 2000 PJL, Dirty Linen, The magazine of folk and world music


Compositions by Said Amintinat.  Santur solos and arrangements by Roya Bahrami. 

Said Amintinat: guitar, guitar synth
Roya Bahrami: santur
Barry Dove: Percussion, Marimba
Humayun Ferzad: vocals
Debu Nayak: tabla

Recorded & engineered by R. Krents, EOP Recording, Bethesda, MD. Cover artwork by Matthew Bahrami.

Copyright 1999, Said Amintinat & Roya Bahrami, Washington DC USA. All rights reserved.
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