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All her life, she sang other people’s songs. Now Sheila Dardashti is releasing her own music for the first time.

JL;DR SUMMARY Sheila Dardashti, a 78-year-old musician from Queens, is releasing her first album, "Build Me a Home," which features songs she personally wrote inspired by her family. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FamilyJewish CultureJewish MusicCovid 19Folk MusicSongwritingAlbum ReleaseDardashti FamilySheila DardashtiBuild Me A Home

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Queens, New York, United States
"Raised in Queens by Jewish lovers of folk music, Dardashti studied classical guitar in high school."
Iran
"As a young woman, she toured as half of an international folk music duo with her husband, Farid Dardashti, who had been a teen idol in his native Iran."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Michelle, who is the radically pluralist rabbi at Kane Street Synagogue in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn."
New Rochelle, New York, United States
"On Sunday, Dardashti and her tribe  including her grandchildren, who range in age between 9 and 24 will perform an album release concert at Beth El Synagogue center in New Rochelle."
Delray Beach, Florida, United States
"in Delray Beach, Florida, when the pandemic began."
Westchester County, New York, United States
"Later, when Dardashti and her husband were back in New York, the extended family gathered at their eldest daughters Westchester County home for a backyard bonfire on a bitter cold December evening."

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