Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Monday, January 26, 2015

CD Review: Various Artists' 'Balkan Clarinet Summit'

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Various Artists Balkan Clarinet Summit Piranha The neo-classical leanings of Balkan Clarinet Summit present musicians from all over Wes...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

CD Review: Olcay Bayir's 'Neva/Harmony'

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Olcay Bayir Neva/Harmony Riverboat Records Olcay Bayir hails from Turkey, but she currently lives in London, where the sounds of the wor...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

CD Review: Jalilah's Raks Sharki's 'Stagecuts'

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Jalilah's Raks Sharki Stagecuts Piranha Jalilah's Raks Sharki is part of an oriental dance series in sixteen tracks or 'stag...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

CD Review: Sakina's 'Roye Mi'

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Sakina Roye Mi ARC Music A native of Kurdish Turkey, Sakina is an Austrian and German-based singer and composer that represents the folk...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

CD Review: She'Koyokh's 'Wild Goats & Unmarried Women'

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She'Koyokh Wild Goats & Unmarried Women Riverboat Records/World Music Network Based in the U.K., She'Koyokh bring us rollick...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

CD Review: Solvguttene and Kudsi Erguner's 'Pervane'

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Solvguttene with Kudsi Erguner Pervane: Floyet fra Guds Hand KKV The music of Solvguttene is steeped in the rich, classic melodies and i...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

CD Review: Mehmet Sanlikol's 'whatsnext?'

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Mehmet Sanlikol whatsnext? Dunya Hailing from Turkey and based on the East Coast of the U.S.A., Mehmet Sanlikol takes a cinematic side o...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

CD Review: Painted On Water's 'Chicago Issue'

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Painted On Water Chicago Issue Self-Release Based in Chicago and steeped in Turkish influences, Painted On Water is a duo project from l...
Friday, November 1, 2013

CD Review: MWE's 'Second Wind'

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MWE Second Wind Self-Release Hailing from San Francisco, MWE brings together Balkan brass and Turkish rhythms with heady, instrumental a...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

CD Review: Seda Bagcan's 'Sunrise'

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Seda Bagcan Sunrise Spirit Voyage Turkish-born and German-based, Seda Bagcan creates moving Central Asian-tinged tunes reflecting a yogi...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

CD Review: Trio Mrio's Self-Titled Release

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Trio Mrio Trio Mrio Kalan The Turkish jazz and rock stylings of Turkey's great guitarist, Sarp Maden, along with Volkan Oktem on dru...

CD Review: Sarp Maden's 'Ardindan'

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Sarp Maden Ardindan Kalan Sarp Maden's exciting 2010 Turkish jazz release explores a little vocal prowess on "Tazecik," wh...

CD Review: Sarp Maden's 'Durgun Sular'

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Sarp Maden Durgun Sular Kalan Hailing from Turkey, Sarp Maden performs jazzy, ambient, lounge music with an easy-listening backbone that...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

CD Review: Nisos' 'Nisos'

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Nisos Nisos Kania Brothers Entertainment The Czech Republic-based band, Nisos, is a lively, contemplative, and folk-based, world music g...
Friday, November 19, 2010

CD Review: Aynur's 'Rewend'

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Aynur Rewend Arista /Sony A Turkish/Kurdish album, Rewend ( Nomad ), wanders off into places of musical exhuberance. As a female singer, Ay...
Sunday, December 6, 2009

CD Review: The Three Wise Men From Iran, Norway, and Turkey

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The Three Wise Men (Tre Vise Menn) The Three Wise Men Kirkelig Kulturverksted The Three Wise Men are Mathias Eick from Norway on trumpet, pi...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

CD Review: Sertab Erener & Demir Demirkan

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Sertab Erener & Demir Demirkan Painted On Water Motema Music Vocalist Sertab Erener and guitarist Demir Demirkan are a jazzy duo from Tu...