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

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader. And, President Trump says he will not sign any more bills until ...

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

Noem is out. Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin is in. But there is an endless supply of other figureheads for Trump to name to nominally run DHS, while he and Stephen Miller via Tom Homan pull the ...

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

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

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 ...

Robert Duvall dies at 95 as Hollywood shifts, Qobuz fights AI music, Paramount takes Warner, and the industry braces for what comes next.

The blues world was changed forever on a sunny day around 1960 when a little boy walked into a five-and-dime in Los Angeles.

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...

Imagine a society where music is forbidden. A society where listening to music is an offense punishable by imprisonment and lashings. Accessing music is only possible through illegal means. Sharing ...