Hope Ignites the Night with Shahab Tolouie’s new song Yalda

December 14, 2023, Shahab Tolouie releases his new single, ‘Yalda’, a tribute to the ancient Iranian celebration of Shabe Yalda, also known as the Winter Solstice. Through this poignant melody and powerful lyrics artist aims to preserve the traditions of his homeland while introducing them to a wider audience, fostering cross-cultural understanding and igniting a spark of hope for the future.

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Where to listen to “Terra Mediterranea” album

It’s March 21st and, yes, our new album is out, released on hundreds digital platforms. It is available for listening in at least 170 countries out of existing 195 from today. You can listen to “Terra Mediterranea” album for free, with paid subscription, downloading high quality tracks or purchasing a USB card directly from our shop. This album is distributed physically only from our on-line shop and this is the link where you can make your purchase.

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Pre-order ‘Terra Mediterranea’ album

Pre-order Shahab Tolouie Trio’s upcoming album ‘Terra Mediterranea‘ (USB) now and get FREE SHIPPING. The offer was valid until the official release date March 21st, 2021. Pre-order offer is not valid anymore.

Terra Mediterranea album
  • RainForest 3:53
  • Natalia 5:48
  • Let Me Die 3:29
  • Terra Mediterranea 3:37
  • Tooti 5:03
  • When Gandhi Flew 7:02
  • Cafeteria by Vltava 5:58
  • NL, NP 4:23
  • Fat Man Rhapsody 4:52
  • My Lost Smile 6:03

artwork by Marathon studio 

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Live session video release

2021 has started with a wave of pleasant news for our band. One of them is an invaluable support for the band by SoundCzech. We received proposition to record live session of of our four songs. Three songs are from our upcoming album “Terra Mediterranea” set for release on Spring 2021.

All the preparation and shooting took place in the middle of December. The result – professionally produced video/sound in a calming and rather faded atmosphere of the legendary Palac Akropolis in Prague. The songs played live, exactly how you’ll hear at our concerts. Except we had to rearrange the songs to be a bit shorter for the teaser.

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New Song on Lyrics of Simin Behbahani in Commemoration of 90th Anniversary of the Lioness of Iran

We are delighted to announce the international release of “Let Me Die”, both as single and videoclip. The song composed by Shahab Tolouie at the beginning of 2017. The lyrics is a beautiful ghazal by the prominent Iranian contemporary poet, lyricist and activist, twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature, the late Simin Behbahani, whose birthday is on July 19th.

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New Single/Video Set to be Released in 10 days

July 19th, (tir 28th by Persian calendar), is the release date for Shahab’s new single/video “Let Me Die”. Song composed at the beginning of this year. And performed live for the first time at Nowruz 2017 celebration concert in Prague.
The track features well known Iranian percussionist Habib Meftah Boushehri on percussions and back vocal, as well as the band members. The videoclip shot earlier in Prague.
So, Visit our website on July 19th and be amongst the first who watches and listens to this beautiful song.
As of now, here are some pictures from shooting day:


Rainforest Single Release

The song Rainforest, also known by the names of Raining Forest or Jangale Barani, was released yesterday. It has become a favourite track with many people after a live performance on BBC TV (2009). Due to high demand, it’s been chosen as the debut single before the new album release.

Rainforest emphasises the problem of deforestation of tropical forests around the World. All the facts say that we are losing vast tracts of one of the Earth’s greatest biological treasures. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth’s land surface; now they cover a mere 6%. If deforestation continues at its current rates, scientists estimate nearly 80 to 90% of tropical rainforest ecosystems will have been destroyed by the year 2020.

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