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The rise and fall of Persian drill
Few musical movements in recent decades have captured the raw tension of urban life with the immediacy and urgency of U.K. drill. Emerging in the early 2010s from the council estates of South London—particularly Brixton and Peckham—it emerged as a raw, uncompromising voice for a generation grappling with the harsh realities of life on the…
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Introducing Persian Psychedelia, Reborn: Dastgâmachine
In a city as multicultural and musically diverse as Toronto, it’s not uncommon to stumble across new artists and groups who are actively reshaping the current music landscape as we know it today. Dastgâmachine is no exception to this. This Toronto-based trio has created its own niche of psychedelia by combining Persian classical music with…
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Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh: the sound beneath the story
You’ve heard him in Gheysar, Dash Akol, Reza Motori The music hits before the story does. It curls around your ear like a whisper before the first punch is thrown, the first tear falls, the first cigarette lights. In an interview, he tells the story of where it all began. He was ten, buying single film…
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The rise and fall of Persian drill

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Farzad Ghadimi and Saeed Dehghan drop ‘Rasmi’, no skip

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How rage is reshaping Persian rap

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Rehearsal: Golsa and the Music of the Streets

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Rehearsal: Churooks Syncopated Stories from Tehran

Amazing boys, I started my chat with them by asking them… Read More

D0T: Four Artists. One Vision. No Genre.

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Navan’s Bi Khatereh is a Love Ballad to the Diaspora

Born in 1997, Navan is a Canadian-Iranian Pop/RnB artist whose journey… Read More

Shervin Hajipour Sentenced to Prison for Grammy-Winning Song ‘Baraye’: A Heartfelt Appeal for Freedom and Justice

Shervin Hajipour, an acclaimed Iranian singer, composer, and songwriter, revealed in… Read More

Beyond Genre: Embracing Diversity in Music as ‘The Lofi Guy’

Pooria, also known as Pozx (Pooria On Zodiac’s Expansion), is a… Read More