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Dancers on a piece of ceramic from Cheshmeh-Ali (Shahr-e-Rey), Iran, 5000 BC now at the Louvre. The people of the Iranian plateau have known dance in the forms of music, play, drama or religious rituals and have used instruments like mask, costumes of animals or plants, and musical instruments for rhythm, at least since the 6th millennium BC.
The modal concepts in Iranian folk music are linked to those of the country's classical music. Many of Iran's folk songs have the potential of being adapted into major or minor tonalities, [7] and Iranian singers of both classical and folk music may improvise the lyric and the melody within the appropriate musical mode. [8]
The ninth century Persian poet Rudaki, who lived under the reign of the Samanids, set his own poems to music. At the court of the Persianate Ghaznavid dynasty, who ruled Iran between 977 and 1186, 10th-century Persian poet Farrokhi Sistani composed songs together with songster Andalib and tanbur player Buqi.
Iran is a multi-ethnic nation. Although the cultures of its ethnic groups are very similar and in most areas nearly identical, each has its own distinct and specific dance style. Iran possesses four categories of dance with these being: group dances, solo improvisational dances, war or combat dances, and spiritual dances.
As crowds poured through the streets of Iran last month to demonstrate against the government, an up-and-coming 25-year-old singer named Shervin Hajipour began working on a new song.
Black Cats (Featuring Mansour) – Gole Yakh (remake of Persian famous song with the same name, the original singer Is Kourosh Yaghmaei). Mahasti and Hayedeh (Featuring Mansour) – Vedaa (Shab-e Eshgh) (remake of song by Hayedeh and her sister Mahasti. She sings this song in the memory of her late sister, after her death.
The song, “Eating the Cats” by South African band Kiffness, features an audio clip of Trump’s debunked claim that immigrants are chowing down on pets in Springfield, Ohio — dubbed to a ...
Iran's western-influenced pop music emerged by the 1950s. [4] Prior to the 1950s, Iran's music industry was dominated by traditional singers. [4] Viguen, known as the "Sultan" of Iranian pop and jazz music, was a pioneer of this revolution. [4] [3] [5] [2] He was one of Iran's first musicians to perform with a guitar. [4]