Mohammad Reza Shajarian (1940 – 2020)
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The Most Feared Song In Jazz, Explained
byMaking sense of John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps.”
Dance About I Hate Dancing
byDirecter, choreographer , dancer and filmmaker Jo Roy made a playful video based on a poem by British actor and comedian Stephen Fry…
If you are the Prince, I would be your persian Princess
byI was running late to work as usual, on the morning April 21st. Jumped in the car and started the engine. The radio got on and…
Iranian Fusion Band "Circle" CD Release – Toronto
byThis is the band that we introduced in our Persian magazine and we claimed that they got very close to adapting our beloved poet…
The Boys of Kabul Dreams
byKabul Dreams is a young ensemble blooming on the same grounds. Being the first modern punk rock band in Afghanistan, the group – formed…
Soz and Nauha and Singing for God
byIn this song Kabir evokes the image of our body, our self, being like the five-stringed musical instrument – the tambura. Made of the…
Bizarre Ancient Persia in Snoop Dogg's Video
byIranian singer Amitis Moghaddam – stage name Amitis – released a bizarre ancient Persian-themed music video on Monday featuring well-known American rapper Snoop Dogg….
Ajam Feels Like a Stranger
byA few years ago, when I was searching on the Internet for Iranian mahali (folk) music, I came across the music of a London-based…
Tehran Based Musician Arash Akbari
byAs a young producer from Tehran, Arash Akbari has made his name releasing on Oído Records and on compilations with fellow experimental producers making…
Master Böyükağa
byIn this video the two generations of Iranian classical music Böyükağa and young singer Omeed Mazhari collaborate and create a transcendental musical moment. Böyükağa,…
Iranian Band of Three Vagabonds "Velshodegan"
byVelshodegan plays Iranian traditional music, a band of the three Musketeers that act like Don Quixote. They play the traditional musical scales but instead of the poetry associated with the Iranian classic…
Persian Pianist
byArshid Azarine’s music is a fusion of Jazz, and Eastern-Afro Melodies, combined with his Persian background. He has collaborated with Persian artists, inside and…
Manitas de Plata Plays and Salvador Dali Paints
byOn the occasion of 92 years of Manitas de Plata, the site manitasdeplata.fr offers you an exceptional and very rare video for the first…
An Iranian Dark Blues Song
by“A Plagued Garden” is a sad song about a land that has been neglected and deteriorated by war. A song that carries away Abdi…
Golnar Singing Free Jazz in Persian
byGolnar Shahyar started her first musical training by playing piano at the age of 11. At 16 she moved with her family to Canada….
ّIranian Post-Surf Psychedelic Rock
byThe band Muckers was founded by the guitarist, Emir, in 2011, who says he’s influenced by an array of contemporaries, from punk to garage…
The Tragic Song of These Days
byWe are proud individuals living on the city But the flames couldn’t go much higher. We find God and religions to, To paint us…
Khayyam’s Quatrains and Electrnic Music
byBaroot, a new Iranian band (formed by Nooshin Abedi and Javad Safari in 2011) intention is to mix electronic music with folk music. In…
The Oldest Song in the World
byIn 1972, after 15 years of research Prof. Anne Kilmer (professor of Assyriology, University of California) transcribed one of the oldest known pieces of…
"Light in Babylon" and "The Women of Teheran"
byThe trio of an Israeli singer of Iranian origin and a Turkish santoor player accompanied by a French guitarist create a fusion that incorporates…
Persian Epic Dance
by“Sohrab and Gordafarid” is inspired by the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), a masterly rendition of Iran’s national history in verse by Ferdowsi. Sohrab is…
Fiddler on the Roof & Iranian Jewish Wedding
byTo see a truly happy gathering of Iranian Jewish community and a charming Iranian Jewish man that suddenly comes in a wedding like Fiddler…
Dig Me in Hip hop Cemetery
byThey have got everything, well almost, they couldn’t bring the girls bu the big old engine Chevrolet, tattoos, ear rings, oversize tee-shirts, graffiti, skate…
Hatsune Miku, the Virtual Singer
byHatsune Miku, whose name means, “first sound of the future,” is a singing voice synthesizer with a humanoid persona, created by Crypton Future Media,…
Lotfi Master of Persian Music
byMohammadreza Lotfi (January 7, 1947 – May 2, 2014) spend all his life preserving and celebrating Persian…
Sormeh, a Persian Folk Music Band
byGolnar Shahyar’s voice, the lead vocalist for the Sormeh Band, is the remedy for a rainy Sunday afternoon, when a cup of coffee and…
Nick Cave, Foreplay in a Song
by«Henry Lee» is a song from the album “Murder Ballads”, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The song is about a crime of…
Bob Dylan and Iranian lovers
byThere is speculation that Dylan’s recent album ‘Tempest’ could be his last mainly because the title of his work is almost resonates Shakespeare’s last…
Gibberish English Rock Song
byThis song, Prisecolinensinenciousol, a parody by Adriano Celentano is sung entirely in gibberish designed to sound like American English. Celentano’s intention with the song…
Saudi Arabia's King of YouTube
byAlaa Wardi’s wiggling eyebrows and bushy hair are as recognizable as the madcap backdrops to his YouTube videos: the Technicolor Post-it wall from his…
DJ of Your Serendipity – Jun Miyake
byTo introduce you to a unique and different style of musical composition, I have chosen this special piece, Lilies in the Valley, a musical…
DJ of Your Serendipity – 1
byI found the magazine very addictive then I thought that there will be many like minded people who love alternative music. So I sent…
Sogand, Iranian – German singer
bySogand was 5 years old when her Iranian parents moved to Germany. She is part of the ever extending diaspora communities all around the…
Mississippi John Hurt – Spike driver blues
byJohn Hurt sang of surprisingly violent and frank subjects in a disarmingly tender voice, coupled with an amazing technical mastery of guitar. This music…
Drunk With Love
by“Drunk With Love”, by Rana Farhan, magnificently mesmerizes with style, and an abundant beauty. Based on a poem by Rumi, the words of an…
It is Sung in Yellow
byDon’t listen to my voice, it is sung in yellow Don’t touch my heart, it’s sick with coldness Don’t get close to my soul,…