"Rana remains one of modern music's most original voices and she does it all in her own trademark style. This finely crafted set of music combines her love of blues and jazz with the the sultry passion of her Persian lyrics and brings the listener into the realm of true, of-the-minute originality."
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"Rana Farhan grew up in Tehran, lives in New York, sings in Persian and English, sounds like Billie Holiday, adores blues and jazz, and is — in almost every other way — a unique cultural product of both her native Iran and her adopted country, the United States. No one else does what Farhan does on albums and in concerts: She combines the rich oral traditions of Persia with the rich oral traditions that originated in black, American culture. Farhan’s sultry, hybridized song book is a revelation to anyone who thinks they already know the full range of blues music."
Jonathan Curial KQED San Francisco