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Amir Koushkani – Spiritual Journey

Jan 11, 2015

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in Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Client Production, Interesting People, Music, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions

This is a Spiritual Journey segment I produced for 30 Good Minutes, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago. Amir Koushkani is an Iranian musician a Sufi and a master of the Persian instrument called “tar,” a stringed instrument whose soothing quality is particularly appropriate for music that stirs the spirit.
Images of Pakistan

May 13, 2013

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in Interesting Places, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel

Here are a few images from my brief visit to Pakistan with Intersections International. The music is a Sufi poet who agreed to sing for me one evening at Lahore University. I’m not sure about the lyrics, however, I suspect it’s a love song. I added the tabla and flute.