* Mohsen Namjoo is the leader of Persian rock, called "Iran's Bob Dylan" by the New York Times. * On this CD, Namjoo treads the dangerous thin line on the fragile high wire of an ancient culture and demonstrates the mad courage to carve new paths using the spiritual and artistic tools of his predecessors. * Namjoo gives the traditional Persian style a more modern rendition that attracts younger generations while simultaneously blending his music with western traditions of rock and blues."He plays the setar, a traditional Persian lute, and is a master of classical Persian literature and poetry. But the sounds he draws from the instrument, along with his deep voice and his playful but subtly cutting lyrics about growing up in an Islamic state, have made Mohsen Namjoo the most controversial, and certainly the most daring, figure in Persian music today." -- New York Times
