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

Shervin Hajipour, the Iranian Grammy Award winner whose hit song became the anthem of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, has announced the release of his state-sanctioned debut album -- a move that ...

Discotchari founders Zachary Asdourian, left, and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan, right, with producer Farokh "Elton" Ahi, center, who has a couple songs on the label's compilation "Tehrangeles Vice.". (Emil ...

Googoosh’s love songs are both banned and beloved in her homeland. Her new memoir reveals a life as rich and painful as ...

From traditional classics to modern pop hits, join us as we explore the most memorable melodies from Iran's rich musical heritage. Our selection spans decades of artistic evolution, featuring ...

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 ...

For Googoosh, Iran's most-famous singer, life always has been balancing act of one kind or another. It began as a child, ...

Born Faegheh Atashin, she’s been known as Googoosh since birth. In her new memoir, “Googoosh: A Sinful Voice,” the singer ...

Googoosh admits her star has not yet dimmed, not even in her 70s. “For 21 years they closed the bottle, and all of a sudden, the bottle is opened and [out] I popped!” Googoosh says with her signature ...

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.

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 ...