The audience paused for a brief moment before rising to its feet in a standing ovation for the musicians of VEM Quartet and their mezzo-soprano, Danielle Bayne. Just days before, members of the group, ...

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Of Armenian descent themselves, System of a Down have long been activists and a global voice for the country. The idea to work on new material (the songs "Protect the Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz"), ...

France's president donned his crooning hat during a state dinner on Monday, leading Armenian leaders in a rendition of "La ...

Metro Detroit is a melting pot of rich and diverse ethnic communities, not the least of which is the proud and enduring Armenian population. Saturday July 20 there will be plenty of Armenian food, ...

System of a Down has released new music. But what makes this news significant is that it's been 15 years since the heavy metal band has dropped new songs. The two singles, "Protect the Land" and ...

Sometime after 2 a.m., there's a guy getting down in the middle of the crowd inside a downtown loft. He's moving as wildly as one can without losing the beat. A brief flash of light against his bare ...

It’s not the sort of request Dan Yessian usually gets. Normally, clients turn to him to write music for commercials and TV shows. In the course of his 46-year career, he’s composed for everyone from ...

Darone Sassounian gasped when he finally found the record. For years, Sassounian had been on the hunt for “Sunrise,” a 1979 album from Armenian musician Avo Haroutiounian. The album was recorded and ...

Peter Boyer composed Mount Ararat for the Aznavoorian Duo specially for this project as a reflection of how Armenia's biblical heritage resonated with a composer from a completely different background ...