Hani Al Sawah, a rap artist known as Al Darwish, has returned to Syria after 13 years to perform his political songs for the ...

Did Iran's 1959 royal wedding inspire Ramin Djawadi's iconic 'Game of Thrones' theme song? Music nerds are obsessed!

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is calling for the end of the Iranian regime amid ongoing protests and as the country holds its breath to see whether a 26-year-old protester will be executed, something ...

Iranian singer Googoosh has said she is “waiting for a change of regime to happen soon”, as the country faces renewed nationwide protests over economic hardship and political repression. “I am living ...

Prior to the 1979 revolution, Iranian singer and actor Googoosh was a pop superstar. But she was jailed by the Islamic Republic and forced to agree to never sing or perform in public. After 20 years ...

Joni Mitchell’s beloved album Court And Spark dropped in 1974, and with it, one of her most enduring songs. “Help Me” is a singer-songwriter jazz-pop love song, complete with an equally stunning ...

Singer-songwriters were dishing out hit after hit in the year 1971, and many of those songs went on to inspire today’s generation of singer-songwriters. Let’s look at just a few legendary tunes that ...

When Sadegh Nojouki fled Tehran for California in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he assumed he’d be back home before long. At 29, he’d already established himself as an innovative force in ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- An elderly man who has been living in the United States for decades has been detained by ICE. His daughter is speaking out hoping for his immediate release due to his ...

Publicity material for Googoosh: A Sinful Voice, a new memoir by the Iranian singer in exile, calls her a predecessor to Beyoncé and Madonna—a comparison that might seem over-the-top to American ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...