The web site Radio Darvish is devoted to traditional Persian music.[1]  --  Linux Pro Magazine's "Sound Surfer" column explained recently that the site is named after Darvish Khan (1872-1926), a Tehran musician who performed on traditional Persian instruments.[2]  --  A member of the Yahoo "Persian music" listserv explained that "Radio Darvish is a free online Radio which broadcasts an excellent selection of Persian Traditional Music. This Radio is the result of hard work and passion of Mr. Afshin Toloee and is included in the international section of Apple Computer's iTunes."  --  Afshin Toloee, as best we can determine, works in IT in the San Francisco Bay Area....

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RADIO DARVISH

** Persian Traditional Music **

http://www.radiodarvish.com/

This site and webcast are dedicated to the Persian traditional music fans. Music crosses language boundaries and brings people closer to one another.

The current playlist can be found here.

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Sound surfing

RADIO DARVISH

Linux Pro Magazine
May 2006

http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/issue/66/Internet_Radio_Guide.pdf

Tar, setar, du or tombak . . . no, these are not new Linux archiving formats, but traditional Persian instruments. Radio Darvish is named after Darvish Khan (1872-1926), a musician from Teheran who performed classical Persian music using the above mentioned instruments. His heritage is now preserved by the Iranian Internet radio station www.radiodarvish.com. Although this music may sound unusual to Western ears, stick with it, and you too may be fascinated by its idiosyncratic style. The instrumentals, in particular, are very reminiscent of the psychedelic sounds of the 60s.