LA-based Caltex Records represents most mainstream Iranian music released since the 1950s. A 25-year-old Iranian immigrant founded it after the 1979 revolution.

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In the narrow streets of the Waterside and the pubs of the Cityside, Northern Ireland’s folk tunes and Celtic traditions ...

On the evening of June 14, London’s St Paul’s Church resonated with the rich and vibrant sounds of Armenian classical music, ...