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Tag: Iranian music

Marjan Vahdat - Our Garden Is Alone
Charts

Marjan Vahdat Tops the Transglobal World Music Chart in May 2022

Angel Romero May 1, 2022 No Comments Iranian musicMarjan Vahdat

“Our Garden Is Alone” by Iranian singer Marjan Vahdat is the number one album at the Transglobal World Music Chart in May 2022. “Our Garden…

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Kaveh Mahmudiyan
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Kaveh Mahmudiyan

Angel Romero April 23, 2022 No Comments IranIranian musicKaveh MahmudiyanPersian classical musictombakworld fusion

Kaveh Mahmudiyan was born in 1983 in Mahabad, Iran. He moved to Norway with his family in 1977. At the age of 13, Kaveh started…

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Mahsa Vahdat
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Mahsa Vahdat

Angel Romero March 29, 2022 No Comments IranIranian musicMahsa VahdatPersian musicworld fusionworld music

Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat was born October 29, 1973 in Tehran, Iran. She is a leading Persian classical vocalist and world music artist. Mahsa Vahdat…

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Marjan Vardat - Photo by Mimi Chakarova
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Marjan Vahdat

Angel Romero March 23, 2022 No Comments IranIranian musicMarjan VahdatPersian classical musicworld music

Iranian singer Marjan Vahdat was born in 1976 in Tehran. She has performed as an independent singer and musician since 1995. Marjan has presented her…

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cover of the album Remembrance by Mamak Khadem
Album reviews

Precious Songs and Impeccable Music from Mamak Khadem

Angel Romero February 21, 2022 No Comments Iranian musicMamak KhademPersian musicworld fusionworld music

Mamak Khadem – Remembrance (Six Degrees Records, 2022) California-based Iranian vocalist and composer Mamak Khadem has released “Remembrance”, one of the best albums of 2022…

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cover of the single Lullaby of the sea by Mahsa Vahdat Solveig Slettahjell
New Releases

Mahsa Vahdat and Solveig Slettahjell Release Lullaby of the sea

World Music Central News Room February 11, 2022 No Comments Iranian musicMahsa VahdatNorwegian musicSolveig Slettahjell

Mahsa Vahdat and Solveig Slettahjell have recorded a song titled “Lullaby of the Sea”. The song was inspired by a tragedy affecting Iranian refugees. The…

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cover of Mamak Khadem's new single “Across the Oceans"
New Releases

Acclaimed Iranian Singer Mamak Khadem Reveals the new single “Across the Oceans”

World Music Central News Room November 7, 2021 No Comments ColdplayIranian musicMamak KhademPersian musicworld fusionworld music

Acclaimed Iranian singer Mamak Khadem has released a new single titled “Across the Oceans” (Six Degrees Records) with special guest Chris Martin (Coldplay). The single…

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Album reviews

Songs Inspired by Persian Music and Zoroastrian Prayers

Angel Romero August 5, 2021 No Comments Ariana VafadariIranian musicPersian classical music

Ariana Vafadari – Anahita (Quart de Lune, 2020) Anahita is the musical creation that came out of the friendship and artistic collaboration of two French-Iranian…

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Concert reviews

Sahba Motallebi and Rahim AlHaj at Merkin Hall

Steve Capra February 29, 2020 No Comments Arabic musicIranian musicIraqi musicMiddle Eastern musicoudPersian classical musicRahim AlHajSahba Motallebitar

Even the instruments were beautiful at The World Music Institute’s presentation of Sahba Motallebi and Rahim AlHaj in concert at Merkin Hall on February 15th.…

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Events

Sahba Motallebi and Rahim AlHaj to Perform in New York City

World Music Central News Room February 14, 2020 No Comments Iranian musicIraqi musicMiddle Eastern musicRahim AlHajSahba Motallebi

Two masters of Middle Eastern string music, Iranian tar master Sahba Motallebi and Iraqi ud virtuoso Rahim AlHaj are set to on Saturday, February 15,…

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