Mirror and Song - A collection of 28 cassettes of regional and religious music of Iran published in Iran, recorded in 1994 - Cassette 8: Music from Torbat-e Jam (Khorasan) & Baluchestan

On this cassette we have two Sufi rituals (Dhikrs).

Side A:

Dhikr Circle of the Naqshbandiyye Tariqat

Haj Nour Mohammad Dorpour (Vocal soloist)

Gholam Ali Pouratta'i (Dotar & Vocal)

and nine Naqshbandiyye Dervishes

Side B:

Dhikrs from Nikshahr, Baluchestan

Qaderi dervishes

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NOUR MOHAMMAD DORPOUR

"Master vocalist and dotar player (lute) Nour Mohammad Dorpour is one of the most respected singers of mystical Sufi song from Southern Khorasan in the Northeast of Iran. As a bard and mystic, Dorpour has a repertoire of literally several thousand lyrics of mystic songs which he memorizes all by heart, and he is most well known for his recitations of the poetry of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi. He accompanies himself on the dotar (lute). Dorpour, a Turkman, belongs to a branch of the the Naqshbandieh Sufi order."

Nour Mohammad Dorpour is the last master who knows the old mystical repertoire of Torbat-e Jam in Eastern Khorasan in its vast completeness. I'm not sure if he is still living. In Iran these CDs have been published:

The recordings of this cassette have been released on CD in 2015, together with a third recording from this series, with a detailed booklet in Farsi and English, written by Mohammad Reza Darvishi:

As usual, all these CDs can be obtained from: info@raga-maqam-dastgah.com

Here we had already a recording by Nour Mohammad Dorpour in Vol. 5. He is also present in several series of regional music mentioned in Vol. 1 and the three albums of music from Khorasan mentioned here, which we plan to post in the future. 

Mirror and Song - A collection of 28 cassettes of regional and religious music of Iran published in Iran, recorded in 1994 - Cassette 7: Music from Northern Khorasan & Torbat-e Jam

Side A:

Music from Northern Khorasan

1. Haj Ghorban Soleimani (Dotar & Vocal) 

accompanied by his son Ali Reza Soleimani (Dotar & Vocal) 

2. Sohrab Mohammadi (Dotar & Vocal) 

Side B:

Music from Northern Khorasan

1. Sohrab Mohammadi (Dotar & Vocal) 

Music from Torbat-e Jam

2. Jamshid Pouratta'i (Dotar & Vocal) 

3. Gholam Ali Pouratta'i (Dotar & Vocal) 

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Mirror and Song - A collection of 28 cassettes of regional and religious music of Iran published in Iran, recorded in 1994 - Cassette 6: Music from Northern Khorasan

Side A:

1. Mohammad Yegane (Dotar & Vocal)

2. Ali Gholamrezai (Dotar & Vocal)

3. Wali Rahimi (Kemencheh) & Hossein 'Azizpour (Vocal)

Side B:

1. Dotar & Vocal plus 2 more singers

2. Kemencheh & Vocal

3. Wali Rahimi (Kemencheh & Vocal) 

4. 'Isa Gholipour (Dotar & Vocal)

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Mirror and Song - A collection of 28 cassettes of regional and religious music of Iran published in Iran, recorded in 1994 - Cassette 5: Music from Khorasan (Torbat-e Jam & Kashmar)

Side A:

Music of Torbat-e Jam - Khorasan

1. Ghulam Ali Pouratta'i (Dotar) & Karim Karimi (Vocal)

2. Haj Nur Mohammad Dorpour (Vocal) & a Ney player

3. & 4. Dotar, Vocal & Daireh 

Side B:

Music of Torbat-e Jam - Khorasan

1. Dotar & Vocal

Music of Kashmar - Khorasan

2. Vocal & Ney

3. Vocal & Daireh

4. Vocal, Dosazeh, Daireh

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Folk Music from Neyshaboor (Nishapur), Khorasan, Iran - Cassette published in Iran end of 1980s or beginning of 1990s

Chaharomin Djashnvareh Mousiqi Fajr 

(4. Fajr Music Festival)

Neyshaboor - Mahali (regional or folk music from Neyshaboor or Nishapur)

Beautiful recordings of regional or local music (Mahali) from Neyshaboor in northeastern Khorasan. We had already posted a number of recordings from Khorasan before, one from northern and two from eastern Khorasan. American edition of a cassette originally published in Iran. 

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About Nishapur see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishapur

or: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/413358/Neyshabur

Folk Music from Bojnoord, North Khorasan, Iran - Cassette published in Iran end 1980s or beginning of 1990s

Chaharomin Djashnvareh Mousiqi Fajr 

(4. Fajr Music Festival)
Folk Song - Bojnoord
(Bojnoord Mahali)

Beautiful recordings of music from Bojnoord in North Khorasan. Mostly bards (Bakhshis) accompanying themselves on the Dotar. American edition of a cassette originally published in Iran. See here a cassette of Turkmen music from the same festival we posted recently.

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"Bojnurd (Persian: بجنورد) is the capital city of North Khorasan province, Iran. It is about 701 km from Tehran. At the 2006 census, its population was 172,772, in 44,217 families. It is also spelled Bojnūrd, Bujnūrd, Bojnoord or Bujnurd.

The city is quite famous for its multicultural background. Many people speak at least 2 different languages including Persian, Tati, Khorasani Turkic, Kurmanci Kurdish, and Turkmen. Intermarriage between said ethnic groups is common.

The city is famous for its Turkmen horses and professional horse training centers. People from all over the world often come over to visit these highlights." 

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bojnord

Zulfaqar 'Askarian - Taknavaz Dotar - Dotar Solo - Dotar music from Torbat-e Jam, East Khorasan - Cassette from Iran

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Ghulam Hossein Ghafari (Vocal) & Zulfaqar 'Askarian (Dotar) - Chaharbaiti 1 - Musiqi Mahali Khorasan (Folk music from Khorasan) - Cassette from Iran

Dotar music from Torbat-e Jam (East Khorasan),

about 40 km from the border to Afghanistan.

Chaharbaiti, meaning four, is a free-rhythm improvisational

style played on the two or three stringed Dotar.  

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