Write listening journal about Iran music

Popular
Music
in
Iran


Iran
–
Persian
culture,
Farsi


poli4cal/religious
policies


Ershad
–
government’s
ministry
of
Islamic
 Guidance


Since
the
1979
Revolu4on,
the
government
has
 wanted
to
prevent
Western
influence
on
 culture


Censorship


Solo
female
performance
is
forbidden
in
public
 (except
in
front
of
all‐female
audiences)
–
to
 protect
the
“sexuality”
of
women


Dancing
is
forbidden
on
stage
 Lyrics
–
gramma4cal
errors
are
forbidden,
 unsuitable
words,
lyrics
that
declare
love
for
 anyone
but
Allah


Musical
Style
–
too
much
electric
guitar
is
forbidden
 Appearance
–
shaved
heads,
unsuitable
clothes


Rap


Rap
music
–
deemed
“illegal”
2007
(same
year,
 there
was
a
crackdown
on
fashion)


Many
recording
studios
have
been
shut
down


Rap‐e‐Fahrs
(rap
in
Farsi)
–
lyrics
are
poli4cal,
 sexual
–
influenced
by
Iranian
rap
scene
in
Los
 Angeles
–
circulated
back
to
Tehran
via
 underground
networks


Music
Distribu4on


No
nightclubs
–
musicians
have
no
place
to
 perform


Internet
–
government
censorship,
but
they
find
 ways
around
it

‐
tehran360.com


2009
–
a
rock
concert
was
raided
by
police
–
109
 audience
members
arrested
for
being
devil
 worshippers
and
drinking
alcohol
(alcohol
is
 banned
in
the
Islamic
republic)



Iran
–
tradi4onal
instruments
 Tar
(le\)
Setar
(middle)


Kamenchech
–
spiked
fiddle