Mohsen Namjoo

Mohsen Namjoo is an Iranian singer-songwriter. His music style is influenced by blues, rock and and Iranian folk music. The lyrics of his songs are also a combination of Persian classical poems, his own lyrics, and contemporary poems. Namjoo uses the words freely, infusing them with irony and sarcasm to carry the music and to create a free style form of singing. Namjoo was born on 4 March 1976 in Torbat-e Jam, a small town in northeastern Iran. In late 1997 and early 1998, Namjoo had his first two concerts, themed "modern combination of Iranian poetry and music". Namjoo made several film appearances.