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 ...

The long history of Jews in Iran is associated with honorable achievements in business, science and the arts. There have been many Jewish writers, poets and musicians throughout Iranian history, ...

Mohsen Namjoo sings the poetry of 13th-century mystic poet Rumi. And sometimes, he sings in street slang. But the 41-year-old Iranian artist says speaking Farsi isn’t necessary when it comes to ...

In the 1980s and '90s, following the Iranian Revolution, Los Angeles became the epicenter of Iranian pop music. A new album, Tehrangeles Vice, collects hits from some of the city's notable bands.

Blues, country music, cowboy boots, and twang: welcome to the ever-widening world of Persian music. The Iranian band "Kiosk" was awarded the Best Blues Band of 2008 by the World Academy of Arts, ...

1979’s Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this Iranian diaspora, many of ...

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is set to hit the studios today to record the Farsi version of his latest hit song ‘Azizam’. ‘Azizam’ was released on 4 April and is the lead single for Sheeran’s ...

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 ...