I started singing when I was sixteen and picked up the guitar at age twenty-two. My playing was entirely Western and had no connection to my native music; I didn't truly begin to understand Persian music until after I left Iran in 1978.

In 1987 I returned home. Upon entering Iran I became a child within a dreamland. I was drenched in a waterfall of beautiful music and culture that had been invisible to me during my youth. A myriad of positive changes occurred while I was there, and my musical perspective changed dramatically after my visit. I then moved to Northern California, and my changing vision began to coalesce and expand. I was finally living in an area that was a hotbed for a growing world music scene and contained the musicians who could be sympathetic to my artistic vision, and I formed the Human Exchange.

The Child Within album is the result of my present awareness of both Persian and Western styles of music, and working towards bringing these vastly different cultures together has been my goal. I dedicate this record to the children of the world- our greatest treasure. This Life is a collection of Music I worked on for the last 25 years with English lyrics. Rain and Dust is a collection of Persian music with electric guitars and 2 songs in English... Aldoush