Roqe Ep. 303 - Schubert Avakian

A special new edition of Roqe focused on a feature-length interview with Iranian-born Armenian-American musician, producer and music arranger, Schubert Avakian. Schubert joins Jian from Los Angeles for a career-interview discussing his youth in Iran, his discovery at a Vigen gig in Germany as a teenager, and his evolution into one of the most sought-after composers and producers in Persian pop music today, working with everyone from Ebi, Googoosh, Shahram Shabpareh and Sepideh, to younger developing artists, newer acts like 25 Band and his hit-making mainstay band, Black Cats