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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

The New Subnormal

Mar 14, 2026 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Music

With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ

Exploring multiple facets of jazz-adjacent prog-rock, edgy fusion, Canterbury, Zeuhl, Rock-In-Opposition, avant-prog, Rock Progressivo Italiano, world music, ambient, anything virtuosic.

Music from Iran 🇮🇷

Persia is home to one of the oldest continuous major civilizations, united as a nation in the 7th Century BC. Some of the earliest complex instruments originated in this region in the 3rd Millennium BC.

The New Subnormal
7:01 AM
Rahmatollah Badiyi - Introduction
Rahmatollah Badiyi Introduction
Sounds of Violin and Kamancheh Amity Rcords 2000
7:04 AM
Set Break: Iranian ethnic groups
7:06 AM
Shahrokh Yadegari, Azam Ali & Keyavash Nourai - Mithra
Shahrokh Yadegari, Azam Ali & Keyavash Nourai Mithra
Green Memories LilaSound Productions 2008

with vocalist Azam Ali


7:14 AM
Shahram Nazeri - Heyrani
Shahram Nazeri Heyrani
Heyrani (Perplexity) Hamavaz Ahang 2010

Kurdish musician born in 1950

7:22 AM
Kayhan Kalhor & Ali Bahrami Fard - Between the Heavens and Me
Kayhan Kalhor & Ali Bahrami Fard Between the Heavens and Me
I Will Not Stand Alone world village 2012

Iranian kamancheh and setar player, born in 1963. On this CD, he plays a "shah kaman', larger than a kamancheh.

Ali Bahrami Fard is playing a bass santur

7:36 AM
Set Break: Imam Reza shrine
7:41 AM
Dariush - Track 7
Dariush Track 7
??? Persia Co. Inc. 2000
7:47 AM
Sheida Jahed - Kiye Kiye Dar Mizaneh
Sheida Jahed Kiye Kiye Dar Mizaneh
Dar Fekr,E to Boudam: Resigning of Aliakbar Sheyda Tasnifs Avay-e-Novin 2005

Sheida Jahed (1965 - 2016) was an Iranian classical singer.

7:49 AM
Alireza Eftekhari - Sharh-e-Parishani
Alireza Eftekhari Sharh-e-Parishani
Khodahafez Avaz-e-Bisotun 2008

Ali Reza Eftekhari (born 1958 in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian vocalist of Iranian classical and popular music.

7:56 AM
Kayhan Kalhor & Mohammad-Reza Shajarian - Desert
Kayhan Kalhor & Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Desert
Night Silence Desert Traditional Crossroads 2000

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940 - 2020) was an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian traditional singer, composer and master of Persian music.

8:03 AM
Set Break: Mirror Hall of Golestan Palace
8:07 AM
Dastan Ensemble - Del Meeravad Ze Dastam
Dastan Ensemble Del Meeravad Ze Dastam
Through Eternity (With Shahram Nazeri) Sounds True 1998

Dastan Ensemble is a Persian classical music ensemble, founded in 1991 by Hamid Motabassem.

the title means "My Heart Is Slipping From My Grasp"

8:19 AM
Axiom of Choice - Chaos of Paradise
Axiom of Choice Chaos of Paradise
Niya Yesh Narada 2000

Axiom of Choice was a California based world music group of Iranian émigrés who performed a fusion style incorporating Persian classical music and modern Western musical concepts.

Led by Loga Ramin Torkian, who later founded 'Niyaz' with Azam Ali.

8:29 AM
Set Break: Karnay from 6th Century BC
8:33 AM
Maryam Chemirani, Sylvain Barou, Bijan Chemirani & Keyvan Chemirani - Bâman Sanamâ
Maryam Chemirani, Sylvain Barou, Bijan Chemirani & Keyvan Chemirani Bâman Sanamâ
Hâl. Ballades Amoureuses Alpha Classics 2021

Children of Iranian percussionist Djamchid Chemirani. Vocalist Maryam Chemirani.


8:38 AM
The Kâmkârs - Shelereh
The Kâmkârs Shelereh
Nightingale with a Broken Wing Real World Records 1997

music from the Kurdish community of Iran


8:47 AM
Azam Ali - Mehman (The Guest)
Azam Ali Mehman (The Guest)
From Night to the Edge of Day Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2011

Azam Ali was born in Tehran, Iran and grew up in India from the age of four in the small town of Panchgani, in the state of Maharashtra. Initially studying santour, her magnificent singing voice drew attention, and she has since been an in-demand vocalist.

8:52 AM
Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan - Mama
Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan Mama
Endless Vision World Village 2005
Hossein Alizadeh is an Iranian composer, conductor and tar player, born in Tehran in 1951.

Djivan Gasparyan (1928-2021) is a duduk player from Armenia.

8:56 AM
Set Break: dancers and musicians from a silver bowl (5th - 7th century AD)
8:57 AM
Shahrokh Yadegari - Mantra
Shahrokh Yadegari Mantra
Green Memories LilaSound Productions 2008

with vocalist Azam Ali

Chat is archived.
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ (host) 6:58:29 AM
Oh good morning. Dave here subbing for DJ Moiré. I'll be playing 2 hours of music from Iran
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:04:05 AM
Good morning, Dave The Obscure. We are looking forward to this show
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ (host) 7:08:04 AM
good morning, Rob from MD. I hope you enjoy the show.
TAndy 7:09:51 AM
Hey Dave and Rob
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ (host) 7:10:13 AM
hey, TAndy
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:11:38 AM
Morning TAndy
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ (host) 7:24:15 AM
this one might sound a bit like a piano, but it is a bass santur. the method of producing sound is very similar though - a little mallet striking a string
TAndy 7:30:00 AM
Coulda fooled me, thanks for the info Dave. This is why WPRB is the only radio that matters
TAndy 8:08:47 AM
Getting ready to wrasp up my shift, keeping it locked on my car radio once I'm outta here. Thanks for the show, Dave!
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ (host) 8:10:11 AM
alright, TAndy, have a good day
TAndy 8:11:50 AM
Is it tea time as well later?
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ (host) 8:12:21 AM
🫖 yes sir, yes sir, 3 pots full
TAndy 8:13:14 AM
Well alright! I'll be listenin' :)
ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ (host) 8:59:06 AM
thanks, folks. Feel free to join me in the chat during Sangeet, up next