The Tehran Symphony Orchestra performed “Simorgh’s Abode” concert on Wednesday and Thursday at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall, where it ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

While the festival won’t be held on either the Jewish or Persian New Year — Nowruz is celebrated on the spring equinox in ...

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 addition to traditional Persian instruments — tar, ney (bamboo flute), tombak and daf drums, santur, and qanun (zither) — Dornob also incorporates fretless bass guitar, Persian-tuned keyboards, and ...

PUTNEY — Virtuoso Kamancheh player Mehrnam Rastegari, who opened last year’s Bandwagon summer series with retro-Mediterranean surf ensemble Habbina Habbina, returns to Putney on Friday, April 18, at 7 ...

With spring around the corner, Iranians everywhere are preparing for the Persian New Year with food, music and rituals — and for the first time, so is Mickey Mouse. In a video published earlier this ...