This is the second day of Nowruz, the Persian New Year -- and over the weekend, a quartet of Iran's greatest classical musicians wrapped up their tour of North America. At home in Iran, these ...

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 the fourth year in a row, the Nowruz festival is making its way to Downtown Phoenix. Arizonans are invited to celebrate the arrival of spring alongside the Iranian community, welcoming the new ...

The Persian New Year — Nowruz, meaning “new day” — is here and it celebrates spring and fresh beginnings. Hundreds of millions of people globally have celebrated this holiday for more than 3000 years, ...

It is not often young Iran Jews who have grown up and lived in the U.S. for the majority of their lives embrace the music and culture of their parents from Iran. Yet for Iranian Jewish pianist Tania ...

It might be difficult to imagine today, but there was a moment in the pre-Khomeini Iran of the mid-1970s when miniskirts and rock music reigned, where a female pop balladeer wowed crowds of thousands ...

Mohsen Namjoo is Iran’s most popular, and controversial, musician. He is known for fusing traditional Persian music with Western styles such as rock, jazz, and blues. He blends the verses of great ...

Children with colorful skirts, dresses and dangling gold, blue, green and red coins gathered at the Hilton hotel in Irvine on Sunday with about 200 friends and family members to ring in the Persian ...

Ed Sheeran has unveiled his new single Azizam - a Persian term of endearment meaning 'my dear' or 'my beloved' - and mixes Persian and Irish folk music on the track. Sheeran worked on the song with ...

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