It might not have been your typical party-time call and response, but the sold-out crowd at Cinefamily last week was as enthused as any frat house -- ready to thrust fists and shake hips in homage to ...
For member of 15-strong group Hamsaz Ensemble Freesia, folk music can build connection and understanding across difference ...
One of the most well-known bands in Iranian contemporary folk music, Rastak will give two concerts in Turkey on November 23-25. First stop of the band will be İstanbul, where the band will also ...
Sahba Motallebi’s journey to the Richmond Folk Festival began in Sari, a seaside city in northern Iran, at age 11. It was there that she began to play the setar, a small four-stringed Persian ...
The music Axiom of Choice performed Thursday at the Freer Gallery of Art was "inherently Iranian," announced the group's leader, Loga Ramin Torkian. Indeed, the Los Angeles septet's concert had the ...
GENRE-SKIPPING FUSIONISTS Niyaz play Dubai on Friday November 28 – the band's first ever performance in the Middle East. Hosted by Soundplay Music Festivals, the event at DUCTAC, Mall of the Emirates, ...
The Tombak (Zarb) is a goblet-shaped hand drum, which is the main percussion instrument of Persian folk music such as classical Persian music. The master of this art can with the instrument make you ...
Come ready to dance, connect, enjoy food and drinks, and be swept away by the mesmerizing vocals of Neda Mohamadpour and the vibrant energy each artist brings to the stage! A special quartet created ...