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Taylor Hanson on the Iranian Protest Anthem “Baraye” and Telling ‘A Human Story Through Music’

Creatives are particular targets of Iran’s dictatorial government whose uneven rule follows an extreme interpretation of the tenets of Islam. Musicians are even more harshly persecuted based on the ...
Variety

Taylor Hanson Rents Henson’s ‘We Are the World’ Recording Studio to Rework Iranian Protest Anthem ‘Baraye’ as Industry-Wide Collaboration

The session is set to take place this weekend in Los Angeles. After 44 years of living under Iran’s oppressive fundamentalist Islamic regime, the situation on the ground in the country — mass protests ...
NPR

'Tehrangeles Vice' collects the sounds of LA's Iranian pop music era

In the 1980s and '90s, following the Iranian Revolution, Los Angeles became the epicenter of Iranian pop music. A new album, Tehrangeles Vice, collects hits from some of the city's notable bands. The ...
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New Compilation Gathers Vintage Pop Music From the Iranian Diaspora: ‘The Musical Depth of This Scene Sometimes Feels Unfathomable'

1979's Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this Iranian diaspora, many of these people emigrated to Los Angeles, with some of them being the same ...
Billboard

New Compilation Gathers Vintage Pop Music From the Iranian Diaspora: ‘The Musical Depth of This Scene Sometimes Feels Unfathomable’

Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983-1993 is available now exclusively on vinyl By Katie Bain 1979’s Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this ...