Namjoo was born on 4 March 1976 in Torbat-e Jam, a small town in Razavi Khorasan province in northeastern Iran.

[1] At a young age, he started listening to Western music and became interested in musicians like Jim Morrison, Eric Clapton, and Chris de Burgh.

[4] In 2010, Namjoo kicked off his "A Minor" tour, performing at many venues globally, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles[5] and the Sony Centre for the Arts in Toronto.

[6] Mohsen Namjoo also released a single entitled "Such Strange Times" in June, a song sung in English.

The performance had been prepared in collaboration with California-based musicians James Riotto (Contrabass), Robert Shelton (Keyboard), Ezra Lipp (Drums) and Greg Ellis (Percussion).

His newest song named, "Begoo be baran" composed by Ehsan Matoori was released in March 2019 by Sheed Records company.

He was featured in the documentary Sounds of Silence (Amir Hamz and Mark Lazarz, 2006) which has been screened at international film festivals.