Grammy-winning artist Rostam has announced that his third studio album, American Stories, will be released on May 15th. He also shared the release’s lead single “Like A Spark” which can be heard below.
“At some point in making this record I realized the album I wanted to make was one that reflected my identity as both Iranian and American,” said Rostam of the forthcoming album. “Pushing the most Iranian elements right up against the most American ones brought me a certain kind of joy. The first time I put microtonal saz melodies over Western guitar chords, I was thrown off by the way the two rubbed together. But the more I listened the more I became drawn to that rub. I became addicted to it.”
Along with the new album, Rostam has also announced his plans to tour across North America and Europe this year. The trek will kick-off in San Diego on May 27 before making stops in San Francisco, Vancouver, Portland, and other great cities. There is a Chicago performance scheduled to take place at Thalia Hall on June 14 and the North American leg of the tour will conclude in Austin on June 26.
Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning on Friday, March 13 at 10 a.m. local time.
Click here to pre-order American Stories and check out a full list of tour dates below. More information can be found at Officialrostam.com.
Rostam 2026 Tour Dates
May 27 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box*
May 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Ford#*
June 3 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel*
June 5 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club!
June 6 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater!
June 7 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile!
June 9 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux*
June 10 – SLC, UT @ The State Room*
June 11 – Denver, CO @ The Gothic Theater *
June 13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line KCMP/Electric Fetus*
June 14 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall*
June 15 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House*
June 17 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair*
June18 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall#*
June 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl*
June 20 – Washington DC @ 9:30 Club!
June 22 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom*
June 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West*
June 24 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East *
June 26 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk*
Sept 8 – London, UK @ Village Underground^
Sept 9 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie^
Sept 12 – Amsterdam, NL @ Berghain Kantine
Sept 13 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub^
Sept 15 – Stockholm Nalen Klubb^
# Zsela
* Henry Solomon
! Henry Solomon + Elori Saxl
^ Bad Actor