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Tag: Iranian music

Artist Profiles

Shervandi Maestro Es’hak Baluch-Nasab

Angel Romero October 7, 2025 No Comments Baluchi musicEs’hak Baluch NasabIranIranian musicworld music

Es’hak Baluch Nasab (Iran) is an expert of the epic singing tradition known as shervandi, a Baluchi musical genre with strong connections to the Makran…

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Ali Kazemi, wearing a blue shirt, holding a tar.
Artist Profiles

Iranian Tar and Setar Maestro Ali Kazemi

Angel Romero October 6, 2025 No Comments IranIranian musicPersian classical musicsetartarworld music

Ali Kazemi is an Iranian tar and setar player, composer, educator, and scholar. Kazemi’s scholarly work on tahrir, a style of Iranian classical singing, was…

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professional Arabic ney, 7 flutes, Ahmad Abd El Ghani)
Articles

The Ney: A Charming Middle Eastern Reed Flute

Angel Romero March 23, 2025 No Comments Iranian musicneyPersian musicTurkish musicworld music

(headline image: professional Arabic ney, 7 flutes, Ahmad Abd El Ghani) The ney (also spelled nay) is an ancient end-blown flute made from reed, widely…

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v cover artwork. a color photo of the artist holding a Persian lute.
Album reviews

Ahmadreza Nabizadeh Revives Persian Folk Tradition with Mar Jangeh

Tyler Bennet March 3, 2025 No Comments Ahmadreza NabizadehIranian musicPersian musicworld music

Ahmadreza Nabizadeh – Mar Jangeh (X DOT 25 Music, 2024) Ahmadreza Nabizadeh’s 2024 album, Mar Jangeh (X DOT 25 Music), is a rich homage to…

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Album reviews

Ahmadreza Nabizadeh Bridges Persian Folk and Pop with Do Dooneh

Tyler Bennet February 18, 2025 No Comments Ahmadreza NabizadehIranian musicPersian musicworld music

Ahmadreza Nabizadeh – Do Dooneh (X DOT 25 Music, 2022) Ahmadreza Nabizadeh’s Do Dooneh masterfully amalgams Persian folk and pop using his powerful, emotive baritone…

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Events

Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi to Perform Sacred Kurdish Music in New York

World Music Central News Room October 3, 2024 No Comments Ali Akbar MoradiIranian musicKurdish musicPejman Hadadiworld music

On Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 8:00 PM, Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi are set to perform at Roulette in New York City. This…

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Marjan Vahdat - The Eagle of my Heart cover artwork. A headshot of the artist in black and white..
Album reviews

Marjan Vahdat Releases Lovely A Cappella album

Sonia Keller April 17, 2024 No Comments a cappellaIranian musicMarjan VahdatPersian musicworld music

Marjan Vahdat – The Eagle of my Heart (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2024) In her latest album, The Eagle of my Heart, Marjan Vahdat exhibits her vocal…

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Maliheh Moradi & Ehsan Matoori - Our Sorrow cover artwork. A circular pattern in black surrouded by red. The pattern incorporates four faces of women.
Album reviews

Maliheh Moradi and Ehsan Matoori Celebrate the Resilience of Iranian Women

Sonia Keller April 2, 2024 No Comments Ehsan MatooriIranian musicMaliheh MoradiPersian musicworld fusionworld music

Maliheh Moradi & Ehsan Matoori – Our Sorrow (ARC Music, 2024) Maliheh Moradi and Ehsan Matoori present Our Sorrow, set to release on April 12th,…

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Album reviews

Santoor Maestro Mirsaeed Hosseiny Panah Meets Western Classicism

Claudia Taylor September 20, 2023 No Comments Iranian musicMirsaeed Hosseiny PanahPersian classical musicsantoorsanturwestern classical musicworld fusionworld music

Mirsaeed Hosseiny Panah – I Wish I Were Water (Losen Records, 2022) Santur (also known as santoor) maestro and composer Mirsaeed Hosseiny Panah artfully interweaves…

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Elshan Ghasimi - Photo by Stefan Haehnel
Artist Profiles

Elshan Ghasimi: Mastering Tradition and Innovation in Persian Classical Music

Angel Romero June 16, 2023 No Comments Elshan GhasimiIranIranian musicPersian classical musictarworld music

Elshan Ghasimi, born 1981 in Isfahan, Iran is a master of the tar, a long-necked Iranian lute instrument, and of Persian classical art music, as…

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