Tag Archive | "Music"

Iranian Music: Who Makes it Better?

Monday, May 4, 2009

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Who makes Iranian music better? Is it the Iranians living in Iran or is it the Iranians outside of Iran (particularly the LA-based singers)? This question has resulted in a friendly debate among the Iranian community. For those of you avid listeners of Iranian music, you know what your opinion is. However for those of you [...]

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“Sonnati” Persian Music, with Special Guest Kourosh Taghavi

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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“Sonnati” Persian Music, with Special Guest Kourosh Taghavi

Podcast should be available by March 27th. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) Have the young Iranian generation turned away from traditional, or “Sonnati,” music? Are they better off not having heard this music? Special Guest musician Kourosh Taghavi joins our discussion. If you’re in the Bay Area, be sure to attend Kourosh Taghavi’s upcoming [...]

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Iranican’s Know-Rooz Gift!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) With the help of Farzad and Hooman, local talent in the Bay Area, Iranican was able to create a Persian version of Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours. The inspiration came from the original song’s music video which has a happy spring-like mood. Iranican reminds you to [...]

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The Taste of Music with Hamed Nikpay

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

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The Taste of Music with Hamed Nikpay

Podcast will be available by Feb 13th [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3: (High Quality) Iranican has a new co-host! Shahed is the youngest co-host on Iranican and joins us for a discussion on Music with guest musician, composer, and singer Hamed Nikpay. What influences do you like in music? What was the first [...]

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Iranican Reports: Tirgan Part II

Sunday, August 10, 2008

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Iranican Reports: Tirgan Part II

If you haven’t watched Iranican ReportsTM: Tirgan Part I, you can click here. The third and fourth days of Tirgan were much more eventful, often having a few simultaneous events. We  highlighted some of them in the video above. Iranican LiveTM had a chat with Jian Ghomeshi (CBC Broadcaster) and Mehrdad Ariannejad (CEO of Tirgan Festival) Iranican [...]

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