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Avang Music (Persian: آونگ lit. Pendulum) is an Iranian-American record label and TV channel based in Los Angeles, California. Avang Music is the parent company of Avang Records Inc, Avang TV, and Mystery4 Productions, which handles all the live events and concerts organized by Avang Music.
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]
The band have been making their own songs since 1972, with the most successful being "Cheshmaye To" in 1975. "Cheshmaye To" was listed in the number 90 list of my network and you as "Top 100 Persian Songs". [62] [63] [64] Son Soul Brothers was the first Iranian band to perform a disco song. [64] The group was dissolved in 1977.
Kiosk's music has been described by BBC World as "songs that speak to a generation...Kiosk's stinging political satire is hidden within its blues and folksy sound." [9] Haaretz has referred to Kiosk as the most popular Iranian rock band in the Iranian diaspora, [10] while Ahram Online describes how the band gives a voice to their generation. [11]
Mansour has a history of performing live on Persian-language television channels, including Voice of America, BBC, and Manoto Tv. In March 2015, Mansour performed the songs "Ki Ashkatu Pak Me Kneh" and "Shab Zedhe" on the Nim Qarn program with Ebrahim Hamedi (Abi), which was organized by Manoto Tv channel to honor his 50 years of artistic activity.
A popular video circulating online shows Iranian high school students standing without hijab, their backsfacing the camera as they hold hands in front of a whiteboard and sing the song.
Music in Iran, as evidenced by the "pre-Iranian" archaeological records of Elam, the oldest civilization in southwestern Iran, dates back thousands of years.Iran is the birthplace of the earliest complex instruments, which date back to the third millennium BC. [2]
Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose song became popular during mass protests in 2022, has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison and ordered to write a song about US ...