Faegheh Atashin, known professionally as Googoosh, is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.
Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was an Iranian singer and master (Ostad) of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities. Shajarian started his singing career in 1959 at Radio Khorasan, rising to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct singing style.
Eftekhar Dadehbala, known by her stage name Mahasti (مهستی), was an Iranian singer of Persian classical, folk, and pop music with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. She was active for more than four decades.
Shahram Nazeri is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music. He has been accompanied by some of the masters of Iranian traditional music such as Jalil Shahnaz, Hossein Alizadeh, Jalal Zolfonoun, Parviz Meshkatian and Faramarz Payvar. He has also worked with his son Hafez, a composer.
Iranian rock refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since 1960s, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Mohebian, but was largely forgotten after the Iranian Revolution. Like most rock styles, electric guitar and bass guitar and drums are the main instruments in this type of music. In some groups, keyboard and piano are very important.
Shahram Kashani or Shahrum Kashani was an Iranian pop singer. He released eight albums with notable hits.
Ebrahim Hamedi, better known by his stage name Ebi (ابی), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran and Karaj, gaining fame as part of a band, and later as a solo performer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1977, two years before the 1979 revolution in Iran, and continued his career in exile. Over 50 years, Ebi has released nearly 200 singles and over 30 albums.
Soroush Lashkari, known professionally as Hichkas, is an Iranian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Credited with popularizing Persian hip hop to the Iranian people and other Persian-speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Hichkas's national success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken the barriers that were in place by the Islamic regime for the acceptance of rappers in popular music. Hichkas is considered one of the pioneers of Iranian hip hop and is nicknamed "Father of Persian Rap" by his fans. He became a representation of the Iranian underclass and reflected the angst of the young Iranians. He has been influential for many artists of various genres and is often cited as one of the greatest rappers of Iranian hip hop.
Barobax are an underground Iranian pop band with all the three members living in Tehran, Iran. Like many other forms of music in Iran, their music is censored domestically. Yet, they have an international following thanks to the Internet and Iranian satellite stations based outside Iran. Additionally, record labels such as Avang Music and M4 Records have distributed their music internationally.
Hess-e Tanhaee is the twentieth studio album by Iranian singer, Ebi, released by Avang Music on March 18, 2011 and for online streaming worldwide on iTunes and Amazon Music a day earlier. Three singles were made available prior to the album's release, "Tasmim" in 2009, "Navazesh" on 7 October 2010, and "Khoda Ba Maast" on 6 March 2011. An additional three singles were later released, "Aasheghane" on 25 March, 11, "Ye Roozi" on 19 November 2011, and "Hesse Tanhaee" on 15 February 2012.
Zedbazi is an Iranian hip hop band, formed by longtime friends Saman Wilson and Mehrad Hidden, with Sohrab MJ joining soon after and later joined by Sijal, Alireza JJ and Nassim. In a 2022 concert, the founder of the group announced the group's two new members, Sepehr Khalse and Behzad Leito.
Shahla Safi Zamir, better known by her stage name Marjan, was an Iranian actress and singer. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 stopped her career and for 27 years she was unable to continue her career.
Farzad Fattahi is an Iranian songwriter, documentary maker and TV Producer. Throughout his career, he collaborated with many musicians. He began his activity with Radio Tehran at age 16 with the title of "Tehran at the Night " by Hamid Ameli.
Nematollah Azmoodeh, also known as Nematollah Aghasi and commonly addressed by the mononym Aghasi, was an Iranian singer and songwriter. He was one of the most notable pre-Revolution singers.
Behzad Bolour or Behzad Bolurforushan is one of the senior editors and producers of BBC Persian since 1990, and the producer and director of the program Bolour-e Banafsh. Behzad is a member of the old family of Bolurforushan in Tehran. His background his mother's side goes back to Abbas Mirza Qajar, and by his father to the importer of the Nickel silver and Crystal Factory of Iran, Mohammad-Hassan Bolurforushan.
Behrouz Saffarian is an Iranian composer, arranger, and producer. Saffarian was named in the top ten in both the composer and arranger sections in the poll of the best Iranian pop music of 1991 by Taranehmah magazine. Saffarian activity dates back to 1997.
Black Cats is a Los Angeles based Persian pop group founded and produced by Shahbal Shabpareh. The band was originally formed in Tehran, Iran in the 1960s and other than Shabpareh, the members have been constantly changing every few years. Some of the most popular members have been Ebi, Hassan Shamaizadeh, Farhad Mehrad, Shabpareh's brother Shahram Shabpareh and Kamran & Hooman.
Mehrdad Akhavan, better known by his stage name Mehrdad Asemani, was born on July 16, 1967, in Tehran, Iran. He is an Iranian singer, composer, and musician currently living in Los Angeles.
