Minor Empire – Uprooted (World Trip Records, 2017) Minor Empire’s impressive new album Uprooted is hard to categorize as it straddles various musical genres. It’s…
Deeply Mesmerizing Turkish Psychedelia
Tag: Turkish music
Artist profiles: Senem Diyici
Born in Istanbul, Senem Diyici was well known in Turkey as a classical and traditional singer. She later moved to Germany and then in France…
Artist profiles: Salih Bilgin
Salih Bilgin is one of the leading ney virtuosos in Turkey today. Bilgin is the primary student of Niyazi Sayin, the greatest living ney player…
Artist Profiles: Omer Erdogdular
Omer Erdoğdular started studying music while still a child. He was born in Konya and grew up in Istanbul, initially learning ney from his father.…
Artist Profiles: Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Omar Faruk Tekbilek was born in 1951 in Adana, Turkey to a musical family who nurtured his precocious talents. At the age of eight he…
Artist Profiles: Okay Temiz
Okay Temiz was born in 1939 near Istanbul, Turkey. His family moved to Ankara, where he grew up. Temiz studied drumms and percussion at…
Artist Profiles: Neva Ozgen
Kemenche player Neva Ozgen made history with the first solo instrumental recording by a female artist in the Turkish classical music world. On her debut…
Impeccable and Spellbinding Performances by Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Love Is My Religion (Alif Records, 2017) Love Is My Religion out on the Alif Records label, the latest offering by…
Artist Profiles: Mercan Dede
World Beat musician and producer Arkin Ilicali, better known as Mercan Dede, cleverly fuses the Eastern spiritual traditions of Sufi music with the contemporary sounds…
Artist Profiles: Latif Bolat
Latif Bolat is one of the most distinguished Turkish musicians in the US. With a vast repertory that includes songs in classical folk and Sufi…