A longtime fixture of the Chicago underground music scene, singer and multi-instrumentalist Azita Youssefi (sometimes credited as simply AZ) was born in the U.S. in 1971 but spent the better part of her formative years in her parents' native Iran. The family permanently settled in Bethesda, MD, in early 1979 in the wake of the Iranian revolution. As a teen, Youssefi was a regular visitor to nearby ...more




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