Modern Persian MusicMax Alaghband, Armin Behroozi & David Vakili

Influential Male Singers-Mohammad-Reza Shajarian-Faramarz Aslani-Vigen Derderian-Mohammad Esfahani

ویگن دردریان ● Armenian/Azeri-Persian

● Popularized a Western guitar style

● Most popular for his blues music

1929-2003

فرامرز اصالنی● Much more Western in style

● Brought traditional, thoughtful lyrics to golden-age pop

1954-

محمدرضا شجریان● highly traditional lyrics, classical music

● as an Ostaad, sings in the Dastgaah style

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1940-

محمد اصفھانی● More contemporary compositions

● more colloquial lyrics

● sings in Dastgaah as well

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1966-

Influential Female Singers-Delkash (sung 1943-1979)-Marzieh (1942-1979; 1994-2010)-Googoosh (1953-1979; 2000-present)-Hayedeh (1967-1990)

GoogooshIconic artist of the “golden age”

Women Post-Revolution"Women's voices should not be heard by men other than members of their own families." - Ayatollah Khomeini

“I sang for the birds, for the river, the trees and the flowers,” she told The Washington Times in 1995, “but not the mullahs.” - Marzieh

Contemporary Pop Music● Pop music banned from the Islamic Republic● Largely produced by members of diaspora in

LA and elsewhere○ Some produced domestically under supervision of

government or underground● Influenced by American and Latino music

and culture, especially electronic genres

Hamid Talebzadeh● Government

supported, based in Tehran

Dance-Pop

Abjeez

● Sweden-based group of two sisters

● Mix reggae, rock, ska, and flamenco

Persian Hip Hop● Originated in the

80’s● Form of political

expression● Hichkas/021

○ one of the first Tehran-based rap groups

Asa Soltan● Shahs of Sunset star● Representative of Iranian

diasporic experience in LA