View source for Music of Urmia and northwestern Iranian communities

== Summary ==

Urmia’s overlapping Assyrian, Kurdish and Azerbaijani musical connections coexist with wider Iranian listening; the route does not assign one identity to the entire area.<ref>[https://qeenatha.com/ Qeenatha — Assyrian music catalogue].</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==

The listening programme connects [[Assyrian popular song]]; [[Kurdish popular song]]; [[Persian pop]]; [[Azerbaijani mugham]]; [[Azerbaijani ashiq]]; [[Persian hip-hop]]. Contemporary releases and worthwhile earlier recordings coexist; this selection is not a census of local taste.

== History ==

Urmia’s overlapping Assyrian, Kurdish and Azerbaijani musical connections coexist with wider Iranian listening; the route does not assign one identity to the entire area. Production centers, community transmission and later adopted listening are distinct relationships. The linked genre articles describe these histories in greater detail.

== Genres ==

[[Assyrian popular song]]; [[Kurdish popular song]]; [[Persian pop]]; [[Azerbaijani mugham]]; [[Azerbaijani ashiq]]; [[Persian hip-hop]].

== Artists ==

The linked genre articles introduce performers and ensembles. Each player entry identifies the particular recording and its credited performer; diaspora recordings are not presented as local recording sessions.

== Boundary definition and research ==

The frame approximates the connected musical landscape described above. It overlaps more specific local and community routes, preserving differences within the wider listening network. Existing political and country geometry remains authoritative.

== Footnotes ==

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