in the years just after the 1979 Iranian revolution, immigrants here made music while their homeland roiled with ascendant theocracy. Discotchari’s new crate-digger compilation “Tehrangles Vice” ...

1979’s Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this Iranian diaspora, many of these people emigrated to Los Angeles, with some of them being the same ...

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.

Veteran music journalist and educator Lily Moayeri grew up at the cultural intersection of her birthplace, Washington, D.C., and her parents’ home country, Iran. The daughter of a diplomat, she’d ...

The music of Iranian composer Emanuel Melik Aslanian will be performed by one of his former students at a free concert at the Rancho Bernardo Library. Homa Massih Yazdani, who has lived in Rancho ...

From the bustling city of Tehran in Iran, known for its diverse ethnicity, a young talent named Anoeil Molhempour is making waves in the global music industry. From the age of 15, Anoeil discovered ...

The Hollywood Walk of Fame celebrated international singing star Andy Madadian by honoring him with his very own star on Friday. His career spans 40 years, selling millions of albums along the way.

September 16 will mark one year since the brutal murder of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police. The event sparked protests in Iran and across the world, activating the country’s ...

Iran's hard-line president has banned all Western music from the country's state radio and television stations. It's a reminder of the 1979 Islamic revolution, when popular music was outlawed as ...

Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983-1993 is available now exclusively on vinyl By Katie Bain 1979’s Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this ...