MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN AND MAHSA VAHDAT TO TOUR UNITED STATES

MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN AND MAHSA VAHDAT TO TOUR UNITED STATES
American-Iranian duo celebrates cross-cultural collaboration with “Love Duets Across Civilizations”

Persia meets the blues!  Mighty Sam McClain, a Louisiana red-clay soul-bluesman, and Mahsa Vahdat, a classical Persian songstress, perform duets—singing across cultures, traditions, languages, genres, scales and rhythms. In true blues fashion, McClain has run the gamut from being homeless to being nominated for a Grammy Award; Vahdat has served as a voice for women throughout Iran.  The two pull from their personal struggles, intertwining English and Farsi lyrics to express yearning, hope and a quest for freedom.  They’ll perform selections from their new CD A Deeper Tone of Longing: Love Duets Across Civilizations (Valley Entertainment).

TOUR DATES

November 7	Asia Society	Houston, TX
http://asiasociety.org/texas/events/mahsa-vahdat-mighty-sam-mcclain
November 8	Skirball Center	Los Angeles, CA
http://www.skirball.org/programs/vahdat-mcclain
November 11	Roulette	Brooklyn, NY
http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org/event/mahsa-vahdat-mighty-sam-mcclain
November 12	Atlas Theatre	Washington, DC
http://atlasarts.org/

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