Iran’s internet blackout is yet another act of state violence.

When Sanjay Dutt makes his entry as SP Aslam in Dhurandhar it is not just his screen presence that grabs attention. A familiar melody kicks in, instantly transporting audiences back decades. The song ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian musician Homajun Shajarian speaks during a press conference. The singer of traditional Persian music has canceled his tour ...

The digital era has reigned for a long time already, but in recent years, many brands and companies have developed modern retro technology, including the resurrection of MP3 players. MP3 players ...

The visual album is written and directed by Shahab Nikman. It includes seven musical tracks and one music video, all jointly performed by two legendary figures of Eastern vocal music, Nazeri and ...

When Sadegh Nojouki fled Tehran for California in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he assumed he’d be back home before long. At 29, he’d already established himself as an innovative force in ...

The program offered a poignant tribute to Iranian culture, eloquently describing it with the following words: "Iran is a nation that carries the very emblem of the East upon its brow, with its music ...

Through the looking glass: Nearly three decades after its US patent date, the MP3 is no longer the cutting edge of audio compression. Yet support for it remains ubiquitous in media players, browsers, ...

Hossein Daneshi, the innovative Iranian composer and musician, will take the stage in Konya during the commemoration of the passing of Rumi (Mawlana Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi) with a unique concert ...

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. The ...

The new album "Tehrangeles Vice" is a daring collection of Iranian disco and synthpop recorded in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. The term Tehrangeles refers to the Iranian American diaspora in ...