Iranian-American Musical Band on WNJR

Courtesy of http://news.brynmawr.edu

 

Listen to Niyaz on WNJR  91.7 FM, Niyaz is an Iranian-American musical band, consisting of DJ programmer, producer and re-mixer Carmen Rizzo and a vocalist Azam Ali. 

Niyaz means "yearning" in Persian, its music is described as mystical music with a modern edge. The music is very abundant, Niyaz adapts Persian, Indian and Mediterranean folk voices, including traditional mystical music and poetry "Rumi"(13th century Persian poet) with Western electronic programming. 

The duo's debut album was released in 2005, it represented the combination of 13th century Sufi and Urdu (both language groups of Persia) poetry. 

In their second album, members of the band featured two discs; the second disc was basically acoustic editions of the tracks on the first disc. Their newest album Sumud was released on March 19th 2013, with six songs.

Enjoy Niyaz's mystical songs on WNJR!

Mazaar (feat. A. R. Rahman) (Acoustic)

Vafa (Acoustic)

Parishaan (Acoustic)

 

 

Gaming Den

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Welcome to the Gaming Den.

In The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask, the main mechanic of the game is to use masks for different tasks. Of the 24 available masks in the game 4 of them are transformation masks, where donning such a mask initiates excruciating pain to ultimately transform the person into the other species/race.

Deku Mask Source: Zelda Wiki

The Hero Link as Deku Scrub Source: Zelda Wiki

One Mask is the Deku Mask, which allows you to transform into a Deku Scrub.










This transformation has many unique abilities such as skipping over water, shooting out harmful bubbles, or diving into a flower in order to launch out flying, able to hover over to anything within distance. One of the weakness of this mask is that when transformed your body is made of wood so fire will kill you instantly.

Want to learn more? Tune in this Thursday from 9pm to 10pm to listen to The Ravanator where I will talk more about the temple and boss battle of the first temple of the game with accompanying music.

Less than 50 days until Graduation!

Seniors, make sure you get to the Senior Marketplace in the Ballroom by 6pm today! 

-Double check that all of your graduation requirements are done
-Submit your cap & gown size
-Learn about Senior Week and buy a Senior Week ticket! (We heard something about a Dueling Pianos performance so don't miss out!)

Most importantly: get a free gift and food just for showing up! Also, there's the chance to enter to win a bunch of gift cards and more!

No Small Order definitely creates an nostalgic atmosphere as soon as you hear the first track. Not only is there some dope 808's, but you can pick up on the other instruments as the instrumental flows through your ear. Don't get too caught up in the beats though, or you'll miss the bigger picture...the lyrics ! Pause has definitely set the bar for "new-old school rapping"; if you don't understand what I mean, check out No Small Order for yourself :)