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August 7, 2021:
Israeli Singer and Actor Liraz Finds Her Iranian Roots in Hollywood




Israel’s Liraz was inspired to musically explore her Iranian-Jewish roots in an unlikely place - Hollywood. While acting in films with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Sean Penn, she discovered LA's huge Iranian community. (She's currently featured in the television series Tehran.) Soon she was singing in Farsi, and on her latest album Zan (Glitterbeat), collaborating with Iranian musicians.

Liraz joins us ahead of gigs at the Barbès in the Woods Festival Saturday August 21st and outdoors at Lincoln Center Tuesday evening August 24th.

Liraz's album Zan on bandcamp: https://lirazzan.bandcamp.com/

Liraz on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LirazOfficial



TICKET GIVEAWAY: Liraz and many others @ Barbès in the Woods Festival Saturday August 21 in Montague, MA:

We have up to two free pairs of tickets available to attend the second Barbès in the Woods Festival, an all-day event Saturday August 21 at the Bartlett Farm in Montague, MA - 20 minutes north of Amherst. Featured performers include Liraz, Son Rompe Pera, Kaleta & Super Yamba, Arooj Aftab, Bigyuki and Los Cumpleaños. Please note that you need to provide your own transportation to the festival and accommodation if you wish to stay overnight in the area. To get in the running for a pair of tickets, email me, Rob W, here, and please put the word "TIX" in the subject line. The deadline to enter is tonight at midnight; winners will be notified by Monday.

Listen to this show:  Pop-up player!

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Check out our quirky new Spotify playlist of world musicky songs using the Bo Diddley beat! It's here: https://tiny.cc/wfmu-tsp-bo

And our newly expanded African popular music faves Spotify playlist at: http://tiny.cc/wfmu-tsp-african-faves

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WFMU and WFMU's Transpacific Sound Paradise denounce explicit and implicit racism; condemn the culture of white supremacy, which enables the brutalization of black people and other communities of color, and support Black Lives Matter and the movement it stands for.

Here's a link to WFMU's Public Service page with links and info for / related to racial justice issues, coronavirus testing, food and economic assistance, musician aid, voting rights organizations and lots more: https://wfmu.org/psa/.

Also: BRIC has an extensive and regularly updated pandemic crisis resource list on its website with artists, performers etc. in mind but relevant for everyone. See it here: https://www.bricartsmedia.org/blog/resources-artists-during-public-health-crisis.

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