Stevie Wonder said it best: “Thank you, but stop.” He was trying only to curtail the standing ovation that greeted him at last night’s Grammys so he and his fellow uncannily undiminished senior citizen Smokey Robinson could get on with the music. Thank you, Recording Academy, for a broadcast that carried on the recent trend of avoiding the overdone production …
The song Baraye, which is ‘For’ in English, was composed by Shervin Hajipour in the wake of the Iran uprising and has over time become the symbol of the Women, Life, Freedom movement Los Angeles: As the women’s movement in Iran gains momentum, the official anthem of the uprising called ‘Baraye’ has won the Grammy under the Best Song for …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian singer who faces possible prison time for his song that’s become an anthem to the ongoing protests shaking the Islamic Republic wept early Monday after seeing he’d won a Grammy. Shervin Hajipour appeared stunned after hearing Jill Biden, the wife of President Joe Biden, announce he’d won the Grammy’s new song for social …
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