Morteza Ahmadi is not only one of our veteran actors, known to my generation mainly as the voice of “Roobaahe Makkaar” in Pinocchio, but he is also one of the few remaining “zarbi-khaan (rhythm singer)” out there. Thus he has just released an album together with the Tombak-player Ali Rahimi called “Sedaaye Tehroon”, which revives the traditional low-brow folk songs such as “Az Hend Oomadam” and “Hamoomi” in their original format. It should be mentioned that there were many songs recorded, however only 13 tracks were considered lyrically appropriate enough to receive a release permit. Most of the songs have been remade into POP versions in recent decades but Ahmadi and Rahimi deliver them as they were once meant to be delivered, namely as vocals to the rhythm.
