Kourosh Yagmay, the legendary Iranian singer, composer and guitarist, extensively often known as the daddy of Iranian rock, has introduced that he’ll retire from music on the age of 79.
His farewell message was launched simply days earlier than the scheduled worldwide publication of his final album, Number 44, by US-based label Now Again Records.
In his message, Yagmay mentioned that regardless of a long time of restricted sources {and professional} obstacles, he had given every part in his energy to protect “Iran’s superb cultural id.”
He admitted that the discharge of “Number 44” would mark the official finish of his creative profession, closing a chapter that helped outline trendy Iranian music.
Born in Shahrud in 1946, Yagmai began with the santoor earlier than switching to guitar and forming an instrumental rock group on the age of 18, incomes him the nickname “Golden Fingers”.
The fusion of Nineteen Seventies Western rock parts with Iranian melodic traditions resulted in a novel sound that later gained worldwide consideration.
His track “Gole Yakh” (Ice Flower) grew to become one of many first Iranian songs to turn into recognized worldwide.
After years of restriction, Yagmai’s work was reintroduced to Western audiences within the late 2000s, and the reprints have been well-received and have become internationally revered as soon as once more.
Yagmay concluded his farewell message with the phrases, “May God shield Iran.”