Listen to series host and podcast contributor Megan Vahdat sit down with the director of UCLA’s Iranian music program, Dr. Shahab Paranj, to discuss the importance of sharing traditional Iranian music ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook I got my first taste of Persian rap in the backseat of my friend’s car, flying through the ...

More recently, prior to the Islamic Republic’s takeover, popular Iranian musicians ruled the airwaves in the country, as did ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discotchari founders Zachary Asdourian, left, and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan, right, with producer Farokh "Elton" Ahi, center, who has a ...

The music of Iranian composer Emanuel Melik Aslanian will be performed by one of his former students at a free concert at the Rancho Bernardo Library. Homa Massih Yazdani, who has lived in Rancho ...

The Iranian Heritage Foundation hosted a vibrant concert featuring renowned Iranian-Azerbaijani singer Mansour, who put on a dazzling performance at the Illinois Conference Center on Saturday. Mansour ...

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 9:45 p.m. UCLA’s commitment to celebrating and preserving Iranian music continues to expand. On Sunday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music held a celebratory opening ...

Dhaka, April 5 -- Ed Sheeran has released his latest single, Azizam, a vibrant and danceable track influenced by Persian music, marking the first release from his forthcoming eighth studio album, Play ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Nowruz festival is making its way to Downtown Phoenix. Arizonans are invited to celebrate the arrival of spring alongside the Iranian community, welcoming the new ...