Azam Ali & Niyaz Band

In the organizer's words:

Azam Ali & Niyaz is an internationally acclaimed musical group founded in 2004 by award-winning Iranian born, Indian raised vocalist/ composer Azam Ali, and Iranian multi-instrumentalist/ composer Loga R. Torkian. Together Niyaz pioneered a 21 st century global trance tradition by seamlessly blending medieval Sufi poetry and ancient folk songs from Iran, Turkey, and its surrounding countries in the Persian Gulf, with rich acoustic instrumentation and state-of-the-art modern electronics.

With four best-selling, critically acclaimed albums on Six Degrees Records, all debuting at #1 on iTunes, Niyaz has earned global recognition and has been featured by NPR, PRI, BBC World, Billboard, Wall Street Journal, and The Huffington Post. In 2023, SPIN Magazine named Niyaz's performance as one of the top ten performances in America across all music genres.