Psychedelic Sufi Trance rock returns to the Sanctuary! To conclude the 10th Anniversary Indymedia Film Festival, the Persian-American poet/singer/songwriter will perform at 9 pm. Drawing on Persian mystical and American folk traditions, Haale weaves engaging lyrics and trance-inducing melodies in a rare solo acoustic set.  She will sing new songs as well as songs from her album No Ceiling, hailed by the Boston Globe as “one of the most memorable releases of 2008.”

Drawing on Persian mystical and American folk traditions, Haale weaves engaging lyrics and trance-inducing melodies in a rare solo acoustic set.  She will sing new songs as well as songs from her album No Ceiling.

“Haale is… a star on the rise… her raw sound owes as much to ’60s psychedelic rock as it does to the ancient Middle East…” WASHINGTON POST

“[Haale] sings with a supple, blissful Persian flair and the intensity of an arena rocker.” BOSTON GLOBE

Haale (as in halle-lujah or jalepeno), is a Bronx-born woman of Iranian descent whose name means the “halo around the moon.”

She released two mesmerizing EPs in January 2007: Morning and Paratrooper– and spent the year touring across the country and in Europe, at venues such as the Bonnaroo Festival, SXSW, and the Mimi Festival in France. She performed at David Byrne’s Nonesuch-sponsored series at Carnegie Hall, recorded with Sean Lennon (on Before the Skies), and shared the stage with such diverse artists as the legendary Hugh Masekela and Odetta.

On the breathtaking full-length debut, No Ceiling Haale explores themes of transformation and evolution, singing in English and Persian through a riveting soundscape of percussion, psychedelic guitars, and soaring strings.

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