Ebi&Shadmehr

Shadmehr Aghili

Aghili started early in music and studied piano, guitar and violin graduating from Conservatory of Music in Iran.

He worked in music for a while in IRIB the official radio and television in Iran. He released his cassette album Bahare Man in 1997, an instrumental music album where he played piano, guitar and violin. The album Fasle ashenai in 1998 was another great effort with a number of collaborations. The follow up Mosafer was also well received by the public. Aghili appeared also on screen with Pare Parvaz a best-seller in Iran for that year. Shadmehr Aghili also wrote the soundtrack for the film. He had also a lead role in Shabe Berahne.

Aghili immigrated to Canada where he was signed to. His first album in Canada was Khiali Nist quickly followed by Doori va Pashimani, Adam Foroush and Popcorn.

2009 saw the release of highly-praised Taghdir on a new contract with Century Records. In 2012, he released Tarafdaar on Avang Music.

Shadmehr Aghili is a versatile artist, violinist and musician Besides his prominent use of pianno, guitar and violin, he also uses in some recordings the santur, the mandolin, trumpet,harmonica, keyboard, banjo, koto. Shadmehr also remains active politically recording a track in 2010, conveying his support of the Iranian Green Movement recorded over background music, encouraging Iranian people to protest against their government and using music as a tool to get to freedom and liberty. In 2012 in a collaboration with singer Ebi, he released the anti-war "Royaye Ma" (A Dream) in support of World Vision USA and World Vision Canada.

Ebrahim Hamedi (born 19 June 1949), known better by his stage name Ebi, is one of the most famous and influential Iranian singers of his time. He is widely known for his expressive voice and is considered one of the best singers of his generation. He lives in exile in Marbella,Spain, although he also spends time in Los Angeles. Since the Islamic revolution in Iran he mostly tours the world, having combined musical influences from traditional Persian music, western pop and sometimes Latino style rhythms.

Exiled from Iran since the Islamic Revolution he has taken an active political stand against the Iranian regime; but has also performed his Iranian nationalistic song "Persian Gulf" that makes reference to the Iranian stand in the Persian Gulf naming dispute. Among other "politically charged" songs, Tasmim critically addressed the very controversial 2009 presidential election.

Ebi was born in Tehran, the eldest of six siblings. He received early musical schooling, as he was discovered by the Ministry of Art and Culture at a very early age. Declining an offer to further pursue classical schooling as an opera soloist in Italy, Ebi instead turned to popular music as a member in the group "Sun Boys". A major breakthrough was Ebi's performance of the song "Shab" (Night) at Fereydoun Farrokhzad's TV-show "Mikhak-e Noghreyi". During a series of planned concerts in the United States, Ebi, due to the Iranian Revolution|revolution of 1979, decided not to return to Iran