With my passion for music, I’d be remiss in not pointing out some resources on Iranian music, especially with the conflict surrounding the Iranian election.
This piece from Religion Dispatches is good, but I think it takes the “all politics is personal” a little too far. It’s not always about the music.
Hawg Blawg is always excellent, and Talk Islam has some work as well.
Andrew Sullivan is running an intermittent series called “Outing Iran” that includes a lot of music.