All her life, she sang other people's songs. Now Sheila Dardashti is releasing her own music for the first time. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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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. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Sheila Dardashti has spent her lifetime making music — but until recently had never written any of her own. Raised in Queens by Jewish lovers of folk music, Dardashti studied classical guitar in high school. 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. Later, with Farid working as a cantor and Sheila as teacher, the couple incorporated show…

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She is still far from thinking about retirement for the greatest happiness of her fans. But it is not for that reason that Sheila does not think about what will happen when she is no longer there. And while she recently released her new album, she let herself go to a strange prediction. Born in 1945, the native of Créteil was only 18 years old when she made herself known with one of the iconic tubes of the Yé-yé years. With L'école is over, the …