"Iranian singer Mamak Khadem is set to dazzle fans with her latest The Road ... Brimming over with Ms. Khadem's extraordinary vocals, The Road is a musical map crafted out of traditional melodies from Iran, Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece. Fans are treated to a rich, dense tapestry of perfectly intertwined musical influences threaded together by Ms. Khadem's soaring vocals so that places on the map become simply a musical fantasyland ... The Road mesmerizes with a first class lineup of musicians like guitarists Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah, jazz percussionist Mino Cinelu, Macedonia's brass band Agusevi Dzambo Orkestar, Bulgarian group Pazardjik Ensemble, Persian tombak, dayereh and daf player Pezhham Akhavass and Persian kamancheh player Mehdi Bagheri (...), creating a lush landscape filled to overflowing with flute, table, tar, setar, cello, keyboard, riq, tambur and big bold brass without ever losing its way".