JOHN DENSMORE AND REZA DERAKSHANI AT HEN HOUSE STUDIOS

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Ray of The Wine's blend of Persian, Moroccan, African, Indian and Western music is at once earthy, mystical and seductive, as traditional rigor meets improvisational freedom and complex, passionate melodies couple with relentless grooves. Reza is a master of traditional Persian stringed instruments like the Tar, Sehtar and the bowed Tarmanche and Kamanche, as well as the bamboo flute known as the Ney and the Daf, a hand drum. The CD was produced by The Door's drummer John Densmore, who also played drums, and features a stellar international ensemble of players. The group recently performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.


* This singer, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist was born and raised in Iran but has lived in New York for more than two decades

* He has collaborated with such artists as John Densmore of The Doors, Madonna, Branford Marsalis, poet-philosopher Robert Bly, author Deepak Chopra and choreographer Bill T. Jones, among many others

* RAY OF THE WINE was produced by Densmore, who also played drums, and features a stellar international ensemble of players

* A virtuoso of classical Persian music, Reza asked legendary "Doors" drummer John Densmore to arrange his music to span East and West, combining global and devotional styles with jazz, rock and other modern forms.

Hen House Studios is a record label and documentary film company in Venice, California. First made famous by their unique concept to record musicians for free in exchange for the right to film them, Hen House has grown to a premiere, web based multi media company featuring music videos, CDs, DVDs, and podcasts all produced by the studio.
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[mopanahi]

dametoon garm

[norwegianstudent]

Beautiful. Keep on the wonderful work;)

[Stuntmanshawnee]

I believe that is a box drum that John is playing. You can sit on it and really get into it. Very cool. I am inspired to keep on drumming and look at other forms of percussion. It warms my heart to see more sharing of the arts from John. Very nice.

[TheKhefreun]

I think out of the doors, Densmore stayed the most true to his artistic potential. Not to diss the other guys, but John really got that the doors were over and wanted to keep expanding himself as an artist, whereas the others wanted to keep playing the same old thing. From a creative point of view, John really gets it.

[NeverListenHipHop]

#omg

[choconabat]

Good job, but PLEASE , hang on your music, just music.

[45init]

You can shove your luck, buddy.

[afsoos1386]

Beautiful. Best of luck going forward...

[mopanahi]

khafesho

[MaryamePaeezi]

lol... "the ayatollah kicked everybody out"... okaaay!

hang on to the melody man and leave politics to the politicians!