Still missing homeland, Iranian singer Sadegh Nojouki forges career in U.S.

When Sadegh Nojouki fled Tehran for California in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he assumed he’d be back home ...
The Michigan Daily

No one knows about Persian rap

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook I got my first taste of Persian rap in the backseat of my friend’s car, flying through the ...
Daily Bruin

Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music opens, fostering cultural understanding

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 9:45 p.m. UCLA’s commitment to celebrating and preserving Iranian music continues to expand. On Sunday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music held a celebratory opening ...
WUNC

'Tehrangeles Vice' collects the sounds of LA's Iranian pop music era

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 ...
NPR

'Tehrangeles Vice' collects the sounds of LA's Iranian pop music era

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 ...