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"only from the heart can you touch the sky" rumi |
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| Location: | panjshir, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 25, 2008 (541 days back) |
About Me |
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| Lion of Panjshir probably began when I was still in my mother's womb. 20 days before I was born my father's entire family left Afghanistan due to the Soviet invasion. They moved into our home in La Canada, California. In this new land there was a deep need for celebration and union. My parents, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, and the many American artists who my parents were friends with, would join at our home in beautiful parties with live Afghan music playing and really delicious food. When my cousins, aunts and uncles started moving out and moving on with their lives, I found life to seem very dull and boring in my quiet suburban town. When I was twelve I started playing the guitar and became obsessed with Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, and the whole sixties counter culture history. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew that someday I would make music in Afghanistan. I continued my journey through high school and college as an actress and student of literature and film production at the USC School of Cinema Television. After the tragic events of September 11th, my parents sold everything they owned and moved back to Afghanistan to contribute to the re construction of the country. I made my first trip to Kabul in October 2002. I have been travelling to Afghanistan every year and documenting my journies in pictures, video, and songs. It has been very intense and beautiful watching my parents fulfill their destiny in a land that has been in many ways forgotten.I met Max Guirand in the spring of 2006 and we started "lion of panjshir", named after the great revolutionary leader Ahmed Shah Massoud. A year later Max, Paloma Udovic, and I travelled to Afghanistan together to record with Afghan Ustads. What started as a band really became a project, as many many incredible artists have contributed to the album that will soon be born into this world. I wish for peace and strive to create that feeling of celebration, togetherness, and culture that I once experienced in my home as a small child. If I can contribute that gift to this world I will be very happy. Thank you for listening and I wish for all of us to experience peace, love, prosperity, and magic in 2008!you can read about Massoud here: National Geographic article on Massoud: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0110/junger.html "We consider this our duty -- to defend humanity against the scourge of intolerance, violence, and fanaticism." -Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Lion of Panjshir | |
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Music:Member Since: 2/1/2006Band Members: Lion of Panjshir is Ariana Delawari.Here are the musicians who I have played and written with in recordings and onstage: Max Guirand Jr. (guitars, harmonium) Paloma Udovic (violin) Joachim Cooder (drums) Miguel Atwood Ferguson (violin, viola) Robert Francis (guitar, bass, rhodes, keys) David Garza (piano) Ustad Mohammad Wali (tabla) Ustad Ghulam Hussain (Robab) Ustad Almruddin (Dilraba) James Burton (Bass) Julian Wass (drums) Joseph Delawari (drums) Ravi Deo (tabla) Jon Beasley (drums) zach clancy (drums) jabari parker (drums) be hussey (bass) plus various cameo appearances on tambourines ***** Influences: jimi hendrix, the beatles, bjork, the cure, janis joplin, zeppelin, bob dylan, blonde redhead, fleetwood mac, ahmad zahir, afghan music my dad played in the car on the way to school, the doors, neil young, the fiery furnaces, arcade fire, johnny cash, floyd, devendra banhart, hecuba, entrance, ravi shankars west meets east, zeppelins No Quarter, David Lynch and the ladydog, lots of cinema Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk Rock / Psychedelic / Classical) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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SPIN review of Madonna tribute album |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTSThrough the Wilderness: A Tribute to Madonna 3 1/2 starsManimal Vinyl Ciccone youth dissect the pop star’s peppy will to powerIt’s easy to remember Madonna’s vivacious... Posted by lion of panjshir on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:02:00 PST |
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Pitchfork Media Madonna Tribute Review |
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| Various Artists Through the Wilderness: A Tribute to Madonna[Manimal Vinyl; 2007]Rating: 7.0Buy it from InsoundDownload it from EmusicDigg this articleAdd to del.icio.usMadonna is an ideal candidate f... Posted by lion of panjshir on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:18:00 PST |
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khoda hafez kabul! |
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| hi friends-
we are in our final hours of our afghanistan visit. we are going to dubai for a night. yesterday was amazing. we drove to panjshir and visited Ahmed Shah Massoud's tomb and his guest house... Posted by lion of panjshir on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:51:00 PST |
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kabul stories #2 |
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we played our first show in kabul the other night! we played outdoors at a party of mostly French ex patriots. it was really fun. we played with another band of french 60s pop jam style soun... Posted by lion of panjshir on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:19:00 PST |
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salaam from kabul! |
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| hello dear friends!we are nearing our last days in kabul. it has been an incredible journey with many crazy third world obstacles to overcome! we will never see recording in the same light :) we have ... Posted by lion of panjshir on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:20:00 PST |
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LA WEEKLY ARTICLE |
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| http://www.laweekly.com/music/diggin-your-scene/lion-of-panj
shir/15961/ Posted by lion of panjshir on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:04:00 PST |
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the first moment i knew i needed to write about it. |
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| On my first trip to Kabul in October 2002 I experienced a very surreal moment that changed things for me. We were at an orphanage walking through to the various rooms where the children were in diffe... Posted by lion of panjshir on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:08:00 PST |
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Oh la lo |
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| Dear Friends,The song "oh la lo" comes from an old Afghan nursery rhyme that my grandmother used to sing to me when I was a baby. I was born the year the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. My grandmother an... Posted by lion of panjshir on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:43:00 PST |
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chesme siah daree |
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| Chesme Siah Daree is a song I (ariana) grew up to as a little girl. It was always my favorite song. The lyrics literally mean "you have dark eyes, take me to your home." It's a sort of playful and mys... Posted by lion of panjshir on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:14:00 PST |
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