Persian hip-hop (more broadly known as Persian rap or Rap-e Farsi) started for nearly a decade ago and it brought to light and made popular some of the most interesting

The following interview was published on BBC World Service on February 27, 2009.

Author: Nikki Jecks

Songlines magazine's first non-English edition is, believe it or not, published in the Farsi language in Iran. The Iranian edition includes a selection of articles and reviews published in Songlines over the past 12 months.

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Very seldom you get to hear an album which is very entertaining from its start till its end. Ballgard’s album called Zigiland, is probably a phenomenal. The album, being a pure funk rock album, is a very entertaining album. If you listen to the album for the first time, or second time or even fifth time, you will ask yourself “what on earth are they trying to say actually?” However at same time you will be very entertained. Isn’t that just great?