Tag Archives: Turkish music

BaBa ZuLa’s Derin Derin

Posted on 14th December 2020 by Gary Whitehouse

It’s only been a couple of years since BaBa ZuLa first blew my mind with their 20th anniversary retrospective disc XX, so it’s a real treat to have a new studio album already. Derin Derin is something like ninth studio … Continue reading →

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Baba Zula’s XX

Posted on 29th December 2017 by Gary Whitehouse

My favorite musical discovery of 2017 was Turkish psychedelia. Who knew this was even a thing? Well, obviously lots of people, but maybe not so many in the U.S.A. I first tumbled onto it with the reissue of many of … Continue reading →

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Various artists’ Uzelli Psychedelic Anadolu

Posted on 5th April 2017 by Gary Whitehouse

This vinyl and digital release is a sampler of sorts for a new project by the German-based Turkish music label Uzelli. The Uzelli brothers started the label out of their Frankfurt import shop in the 1970s, releasing cassettes of all … Continue reading →

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Selim Sesle’s The Road to Kesan: Turkish Rom and Regional Music of Thrace 

Posted on 30th April 2016 by Diverse Voices

Brendan Foreman penned this review.It continues to be a great time for the traditional music lover, especially now that Rounder Records has begun distributing the music of Traditional Crossroads, a record company in New York that specializes in the music of … Continue reading →

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