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Essay about the ritual songs and music of Mazandaran. [Hayate No]
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MP3s of Experimental Kamancheh by Larri. Explorations in Afro-Persian Kamancheh music.
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A good article about Persian music and its history by Prof. Hormoz Farhat
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Homepage of Anis Moin, an Iranian singer living in Sweden. Features news, biography, discography and some music samples.
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A brief about classical Persian music with historical approach
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Official Website of the late Elahi (composer and Kurdish tanbour player) that includes information of his life, works and so on.
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Fariborz Lachini - Composing unique scores for film, television, theatre and interactive multimedia with a Middle Eastern feel. News weblog, music room, biography, filmography and discography sections.
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Fan page for the singer, with information and links to real audio files, music videos and photos.
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Official site for the pop singer, with concert calendar, news, image gallery, biography and messages for her fans.
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The singer's official website including biography, pictures, downloads of music files and a list of her recordings.
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Canada-based barbat player. Includes profile, tour schedule, discography with audio samples, an introduction to the barbat, and links.
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A ney player that includes his biography, press, concerts, discography and photos.
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Midi files of Persian songs.
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Brief history of Iranian classical music and reviews of some albums.
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Email forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and research on and about Oriental musical cultures, especially the music of Iran.
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Includes descriptions, sounds and photos of classical instruments of Iran and also the history of Radif, the foundation of Iranian traditional music. Site provides a complete list of dastgahs, maghams and goushehs and some sheet music for some of the dastgahs.
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Large Audio Files of Persian Music (Format: AU/WAV)
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Iranian classical, contemporary, and folk music CDs. Concert schedules, biographies of artists, and mailing list.
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Liän Records presents a new approach to music inspired by mystical world music and Persian Sufi music and literature. It has a good section about Persian music with some good articles.
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Official website of Majid Nazempour, Iranian oud player. Biography, history of oud and pictures of oud.
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U.S.-based website for Persian music by Maryam Yusefzadeh. Music production, news and calendar.
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Fan site for the pop singer, containing his biography and discography.
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Official site of the Iranian singer, with biography, discography and upcoming concerts. [English / Farsi]
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History of Persian music. Several Real Audio samples of ethnic music styles.
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Four member art music group. Includes member profiles, music samples, and related articles.
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Classical persian vocalist from Tehran. Site includes biography and photo album.
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Information about Persian art music, the instruments, musicians and radif.
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History, similarities and differences with other Central Asian styles, relationship with Sufi poetry, the dastgah system, composition structure, instruments, and links.
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Persian traditional and folk music on CDs, books and tapes.
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Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh, Iranian journalist and a member of Artists Without Frontiers.
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Quintet that plays a fusion of Persian, American jazz, Indian, Spanish, Gypsy and Gamelon. Site features music samples, reviews and ordering information.
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Explains this core group of traditional melodies and the way they are used in musical performance.
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Mohammad Reza Darvish discusses the music of Muslims, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians in Iran. [Honar]
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Website of Dr. Manoochehr Sadeghi includes information about santur (Persian hammered dulcimer), radif music and articles about Persian art music.
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Tanbour.org is a New York base institute focused on performing and teaching Persian Sufi, spiritual and folk music.
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Information about this traqditional wind instrument and its players.
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Shayda Institute website is of maestro Mohammad Reza Lotfi and has some useful articles about Persian music.
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Dedicated to promoting the Persian goblet drum. Includes artists, articles, book and audio reviews, courses and players.
