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Friday 2004-04-23 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Iranian atmosphere
On the way home I stopped at the Iranian supermarket on the Rozengracht that I’d spotted before, to see if they had any music. They had. It took a bit of explaining to the nice young man to make it clear what I was looking for, but he got the idea at last, and was extremely patient.
When I told him I wanted Iranian music because I was going to travel through that country, that caused a big smile, and earned a pat on my shoulder. I took his personal advice, and bought two CDs. Both turned out to be rather more “modern” than I expected, but they certainly don’t sound “western” either. Nice music from Jahan (male) and Shakila (female; she seems to be quite a star). Both CDs are from the US though — apparently these musicians are Iranian refugees. I actually doubt you can get music from Iran here in Amsterdam.
