Young Iranian musician Parvaz Homay draws on classical Persian music and poetry, but he offers his own interpretations and also writes original lyrics that have disturbed government officials to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seattle Iranian Festival, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., Saturday, June 26, via https://www.facebook.com/iacaseattle, brings together Iranians, Iranian Americans and non-Iranians in ...

Music resurfaces at the heart of Iran’s protests as The Epic Symphony of Khorramshahr connects memory, resistance, tourism, ...

Ethnomusicology, the music traditions of the Persian and Arabic-speaking Near East, the history of music in Iran, the relationship between cultural upheaval and musical change. Ann E. Lucas is an ...