TEHRAN, Iran — Hip-hop blares from car radios in the streets of the Iranian capital, and Eric Clapton's "Rush" and the Eagles' "Hotel California" regularly accompany Iranian news broadcasts. But ...

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 ...

Discotchari founders Zachary Asdourian, left, and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan, right, with producer Farokh "Elton" Ahi, center, who has a couple songs on the label's compilation "Tehrangeles Vice.". (Emil ...

Iranian pop singer and songwriter Shervin Hajipour on Sunday won the first Grammy Award for Best Song for Social Change for his song “Baraye” which has become the unofficial anthem of the wave of ...

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The current uprisings in Iran against the country’s oppressive Islamic regime of the last 44 years has served as major inspiration for Iranian artists. The amount of artistic output since the ...

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 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The tattoos covering Iranian rapper Tataloo's face stand out against the gray prison uniform the 37-year-old now wears as he awaits execution, his own rise and fall ...

Iran's hard-line president has banned all Western music from the country's state radio and television stations. It's a reminder of the 1979 Islamic revolution, when popular music was outlawed as ...

Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Discotchari’s new compilation “Tehrangeles Vice” resurrects forgotten 1980s Persian pop songs made in L.A. by ...