Tag Archives: Turkish music

Maras Sinemilli Deyisleri & Ulas Ozdemir’s Ummanda, Erkan Ogur & Ismail H. Demircioglu’s Gulun Kokusu Vardi, Kardes Turkuler’s Dogu, Yarkin Turk Ritm Grubu’s Ten/Skin, and Selim Sesler ve Grup Trakya’nin Sesi’s Kesan’a Giden Yollar

Big Earl Sellar wrote this review. Turkey is perhaps the oldest continuously inhabited region on this planet. With the Karain cave giving us evidence of Anatolian civilization beginning at least 10,000 years ago, the people of this corner of our … Continue reading

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BaBa ZuLa’s Derin Derin

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

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

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 

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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