An important distinction between Western classical music and Iranian music is the differences in their structure of developing melody, as well as their storytelling approaches, Paranj said. Likewise, ...

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 ...

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.

In late 2020, Azar Mohebbi Tehrani passed away at the age of 73, due to complications that arose from contracting COVID. It’s a piece of news that barely made a blip in mainstream Western media, but ...

“The story behind every music ensemble is always the music,” says Sina Fakhroddin. For Iranian-Kurdish composer and percussionist Fakhroddin, it’s also a place for pulling different strings—from the ...