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Ali Doğan Gönültaş - Keyeyî cover artwork. Shows clothes drying outdoors.
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Ali Doğan Gönültaş’ Enthralling Vision of Home

Angel Romero April 28, 2024 No Comments Alevi musicAli Doğan GönültaşKurdish musicTurkish musicworld music

Ali Doğan Gönültaş – Keyeyî (Mapamundi Música, 2024) Ali Doğan Gönültaş, an emerging figure in Kurdish music, has unveiled his splendid second solo album, Keyeyî.…

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Ali Doğan Gönültaş performing live at Polirítmia in 2023 - Photo by Susana Godoy.
Artist Profiles

Gifted Composer, Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist Ali Doğan Gönültaş

Angel Romero April 15, 2024 No Comments Ali Doğan GönültaşKurdish musicTurkish musicworld fusionworld music

(headline image: Ali Doğan Gönültaş performing live at Polirítmia in 2023 – Photo by Susana Godoy.) Ali Doğan Gönültaş, born in Kiğı, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey,…

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Ali Doğan Gönültaş Reveals ‘Hespî Degdî,’ the first single of his new album

World Music Central News Room March 29, 2024 No Comments Alevi musicAli Doğan GönültaşKurdish musicTurkish musicworld music

Alevi musician Ali Doğan Gönültaş has released “Hespî Degdî,” the first single from his upcoming 2024 album. Read more about this artist from Anatolia: A…

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Ali Dogan Gönültas performing live at Polirítmia, 2023 - Photo by María Carbonell
Interviews

A Chat with Ali Doğan Gönültaş

Araceli Tzigane March 15, 2024 No Comments Alevi musicAli Doğan GönültaşKurdish musicTurkish musicworld music

(headline image: Ali Dogan Gönültas performing live at Polirítmia, 2023 – Photo by María Carbonell) In May 2022, the first album of Ali Doğan Gönültaş…

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Erdem Oral Presents Debut Album ‘İz’

Lisa Miller January 20, 2024 No Comments Erdem OralTurkish musicworld fusionworld music

Erdem Oral – İz (Ahenk Music, 2023) Erdem Oral’s debut solo album is a musical journey spanning over two decades, featuring the melodies that have…

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Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek - Dost 2 album artwork
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Entrancing Anatolian Folk and Psychedelia from Berlin

Sonia Keller January 18, 2024 No Comments Anatolian musicDerya Yıldırım and Grup ŞimşekpsychedeliaTurkish musicworld fusionworld music

Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek – Dost 2 (Bongo Joe Records/Catapulre Records, 2022) Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek’s latest musical venture, Dost 2, marks the…

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Pianist and vocalist Süeda Çatakoğlu Releases ‘Süeda Sings Sezen’ Album

Douglas Sanders January 8, 2024 No Comments Süeda ÇatakoğluTurkish musicworld music

Süeda Çatakoğlu – Süeda Sings Sezen (Ahenk Müzik, 2023) Süeda Çatakoğlu, a multifaceted artist excelling in singing, piano, arrangement, songwriting, and composition, presents her latest…

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Achim Seifert Explores the Fusion of Musical Worlds in “Dünyalar”

Douglas Sanders August 27, 2023 No Comments Achim SeifertTurkish musicworld fusionworld jazzworld music

Double Moon Records has released Dünyalar, the latest album by electric bassist Achim Seifert. With a career spanning over a decade, Seifert has garnered critical…

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Zeki Çağlar Namlı Saz Band Unveils “Hope is You” Video

World Music Central News Room August 5, 2023 No Comments sazTurkish musicworld fusionworld musicZeki Caglar NamliZeki Caglar Namli Saz Band

Zeki Çağlar Namlı has launched a music video featuring the song “Hope is You.” The Turkish artist is an extraordinary musician who has revolutionized the…

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Chart-Topping Turkish-psych Altın Gün unveil fresh remix single

World Music Central News Room July 12, 2023 No Comments Altın GünTurkish musicworld fusionworld music

Following closely behind their highly praised fifth album Aşk, Altın Gün, a Netherlands-based Turkish psychedelia band, make a comeback with a two-song remix single. The…

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