Mohsen Namjoo

Mohsen Namjoo Persian محسن نامجو is an Iranian singersongwriter His style of music is influenced by blues and rock as well as 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 An Iranian correspondent for The New York Times in Iran wrote that some call him a sort of Bob Dylan of Iran