Knowledge: persian
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- Persian Classical Music
http://www.duke.edu/~azomorod/persian2.html - History, similarities and differences with other Central Asian styles, relationship with Sufi poetry, the dastgah system, composition structure, instruments, and links.
- Kereshmeh Records
http://www.kereshmeh.com/ - Kereshmeh Records is a non-profit organization. It has information of Persian music, artists, musical instruments and a music mailing list.
- Iranian/Persian Music
http://persia.org/audio.html - Large Audio Files of Persian Music (Format: AU/WAV)
- The Shayda Institute
http://www.shayda.net/ - Shayda Institute website is of maestro Mohammad Reza Lotfi and has some useful articles about Persian music.
- Hossein Behroozinia
http://www.barbat.us/ - Canada-based barbat player. Includes profile, tour schedule, discography with audio samples, an introduction to the barbat, and links.
- Lian Records
http://www.lianrecords.com/ - 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.
- Eshgh-e-Iran
http://www.eshghiran.com - 24/7 Persian Music, live radio, Music of today and yesterday from outside and inside of Iran.
- Classical Persian Music
http://www.star-one.org.uk/music/permus1.htm - A good article on the history of classical Persian music with a brief description of musical instruments.
- Santur.com
http://www.santur.com/ - Website of Dr. Manoochehr Sadeghi includes information about santur (Persian hammered dulcimer), radif music and articles about Persian art music.
- Classical Persian Music
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php?story=20030414200427528 - A brief about classical Persian music with historical approach
- The Persian Ney
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvandoel/ney/ - Information about this traqditional wind instrument and its players.
- Elahi (1895-1974)
http://www.ostadelahi.com/english/ - Official Website of the late Elahi (composer and Kurdish tanbour player) that includes info of his life, works and so on.
- An Introduction to Persian Music
http://www.persianartmusic.com/history_english.html - A good article about Persian music and its history by Prof. Hormoz Farhat
- Hossein Omoumi
http://www.omoumi.com - A ney player that includes his biography, press, concerts, discography and photos.
- Tanbour
http://www.tanbour.org/ - Tanbour.org is a New York base institute focused on performing and teaching Persian Sufi, spiritual and folk music.
- Persian Art and Culture
http://www.tanboor.com - Information about Persian art music, the instruments, musicians and radif.
- Afro - Persian Kamancheh Fusion
http://music.download.com/larri - MP3s of Experimental Kamancheh by Larri. Explorations in Afro-Persian Kamancheh music.
- Maryam Yusefzadeh
http://mymusicproduction.com/ - US-based website for Persian music by Maryam Yusefzadeh. Her website contains her music production, news and calendar.
- Nassehpoor Ensemble
http://nasehpour.tripod.com/ - Four member art music group. Includes member profiles, music samples, and related articles.
- Fariborz Lachini
http://www.lachini.com/ - Fariborz Lachini - Composing unique scores for film, television, theatre and interactive multimedia with a Middle Eastern feel. His website includes news blog, music room, biography, filmography and discography sections.
- Majid Nazempour
http://www.oudmajid.com - Official website of Majid Nazempour, Iranian oud player. In his website you can find his biography, history of oud and some nice pictures of oud.
- Persian Musicians
http://www.parstimes.com/persianmusicians.html - Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh, Iranian journalist and a member of Artists Without Frontiers.
- Iranian Traditional Music
http://www.dejkam.com/music/iran_traditional/ - 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.
- Iranian Classical Music
http://www.medieval.org/music/world/iran.html - Brief history of Iranian classical music and reviews of some albums.
- IranMidi.com
http://www.iranmidi.com/ - Midi files of Persian songs.
- Musica Persiana
http://www.persia.it/html/musica.htm - History of Persian music. Several Real Audio samples of ethnic music styles.
- Parissa
http://www.parissa.org/ - Iran-based Classical Persian vocalist. Site includes biography and photo album.
- Probe Music
http://www.probemusic.com/ - Quintet that plays a fusion of Persian, American jazz, Indian, Spanish, Gypsy and Gamelon. Site features music samples, reviews and ordering information.
- Persian Music at Mahour Productions
http://www.mahour.com - Persian traditional and folk music on CDs, books and tapes.
- A View on Folkloric Music of Mazandaran
http://www.payvand.com/news/00/nov/1001.html - Essay about the ritual songs and music of Mazandaran.
- Ritual and Religious Music in Iran
http://www.netiran.com/?fn=artd(2083) - Mohammad Reza Darvish discusses the music of Muslims, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians in Iran.
- Tombak Network
http://www.donbak.co.uk/ - Dedicated to promoting the Persian goblet drum. Includes artists, articles, book and audio reviews, courses and players.
- Hayedeh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayedeh - Wikipedia article about the singer, her career and biography.
- Hayedeh
http://www.hayedehmusic.com - The singer's official website including biography, pictures, downloads of music files and a list of her recordings.
- Mohammad Esfahani
http://www.mohammad-esfahani.com/index.htm - Official site of the Iranian singer, with biography, discography and upcoming concerts. [English / Farsi]
- Avazeh
http://www.avazeh.com/ - Homepage of Anis Moin, an Iranian singer living in Sweden. Features news, biography, discography and some music samples.
- Radif
http://www.dejkam.com/music/iran_traditional/about/ - Explains this core group of traditional melodies and the way they are used in musical performance. Lists all dastgahs, maghaams and gushehs.
- Googoosh Page
http://www.irnavigate.com/googoosh/ - Fan page for the singer, with information and links to real audio files, music videos and photos.
- Googoosh.com
http://www.googoosh.com/ - Official site for the pop singer, with concert calendar, news, image gallery, biography and messages for her fans.
- Moein
http://www.moein.ca/ - Fan site for the pop singer, containing his biography and discography.
- Iranian Musicology
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/iranian_musicology/ - 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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