The Bay Area Persian Choir, a non-profit community music group dedicated to preserving and promoting traditional Persian ...

Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before he was blacklisted for supporting protesters after Iran’s contested 2009 election ...

MUSCAT (Reuters) - The sharp sound of a sorna, an Iranian oboe-like instrument, pierced the silence of Muscat's Royal Opera House. Tandem drums drove an urgent rhythm, and a chorus of voices rose in ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before supporting protesters following Iran’s contested 2009 ...

Both Iranian and Vietnamese music share ancient roots and distinctive vocal techniques shaped by local traditions.

Iranian electronic producers are having a moment. After decades of pushback by the Islamic Republic on Western influences, a new underground generation is using digital, lyricless sounds to challenge ...

Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, the clerical establishment that determines what’s culturally appropriate and what’s not has cast a skeptical eye toward Western rock music. But the clerics ...

University Artist-in-Residence Mohsen Namjoo has been described as the “Bob Dylan of Iran” by the New York Times — the Iranian pop singer and political advocate presented a lecture Wednesday entitled ...

Iranian-Israeli singer and songwriter Maureen Nehedar recently made her solo debut in New York at Temple Israel of Great Neck. It was an unadorned yet extraordinary performance. Given her authentic ...

TEHRAN, IranTEHRAN, Iran — Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before supporting protesters following Iran’s contested 2009 ...