There are countless ways to immerse yourself in the country’s music scenes, and here are just some of the most exhilarating ...

“Now listen to the reed as it is grieving,” sang Hossein Omoumi, sitting cross-legged on a carpet at Meany Hall, dressed in white, loose-fitting pants and shirt. “Since they cut me from the bed of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Poetry and Persian music are like needle and thread, the melody acting as a guide for ...

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Sunday evening concert at Royce Hall, led by music director Jeffrey Kahane and a repeat of its program Saturday at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, began with ...

Franco-Syrian flute and ney player Naïssam Jalal is as eclectic as she is talented. Equally at ease flowing with Palestinian rapper Osloob as part of sextet Al Akhareen as surrounding her music with ...

Amid the bombed-out wreckage of a site that once hosted dozens of Mosul’s traditional maqam players, Iraqi musician Saad Rajab Bacha plays his ney flute to remember the city’s glorious days before it ...