From Nilla Pizzi to Domenico Modugno, the Sanremo Festival’s early years shaped national music and mirrored the joie de vivre of Italy after WW2 ...

Left-wing radicalism dominated the 1970s – until the 1979 Iranian Revolution became a catalyst for ‘a new and different energy’.

A defiant song, whose lyricist is in prison for snubbing the ayatollah, plays on Jewish themes to confront authoritarian rule ...

With their pervasive military, political and economic clout, the Guards are often considered the main impediment to regime ...

Vol 4' also features Crack Cloud, Jeffrey Lewis, White Fence, Pachyman, A Place To Bury Strangers, Mike Donovan (Sic Alps), ...

The 1960s was quite a time for music to be stirring the pot, particularly in the folk and rock genres, and country music was ...

Alibaba Awrang, a modern Old Master, fled from Kabul to the U.S. in 2021, bringing his modern take on Persian design.

Israel and Iran have been in almost constant conflict for nearly 50 years. Media tends to frame the violence as endemic, and ...

As U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Iran, musicians and civilians document protests, celebration, and resistance during a pivotal moment in history.

With his acclaimed interpretations of Delta Blues standards, he was a fixture on the Greenwich Village music scene for ...

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting ...

A Cold War relic built to stop low flying jets is now hunting Iranian drones over Ukraine. This is how the upgraded ZSU-23-4 Shilka became a cost effective air defense solution in a war defined by ...