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Hip Hop Meets Neue Deutsche Welle: Ja Ja Ja
Julie Jigsaw was my stage name with Ja Ja Ja. My real name is Julie A. Ashcraft. I currently record under the name Jigsawnovich. In 1980, I left Dallas for Pratt Institute in New York, where … Continue reading
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Bidad: Bridge to the Future of Music in Iran?
by Jigsawnovich/Julie Ashcraft NEW YORK–21yr old Bidad (Amir Ghahremani) achieves spine-chilling intensity with traditional Iranian vocal techniques, yet he risked prosecution by collaborating with rappers Hichkas and Quf as they rose to fame from the forbidden cultural underground in Tehran. … Continue reading
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International Human Rights Day Poster
The poster I designed for International Human Rights Day 2010 is included in Arts Showcase for Iran which is sponsored by the One Million Voices for Iran campaign, and was first featured in mid-November by the Union For Advancement of Secular Democracy in Iran. … Continue reading
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