Inside World Music

Taraf de Haidouks Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts Crammed Discs The iconic, Gypsy music band from Romania, Taraf de Haidouks, r...

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

SKRUK Sangen fra Katakombene KKV SKRUK is a Norwegian choir that presents a collection of liturgical songs sung in Norwegian. There are ...

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

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...

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

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

Cigdem Aslan Mortissa Asphalt Tango Turkish-born singer, Cigdem Aslan, presents us with a debut album of rousing smyrniac, rebetiko, Bal...

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

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

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

Oojami Time Is Now Sarpa Oojami is the group headed by Necmi Cavli, a Turkish DJ based in the U.K. Time Is Now is primarily a pulsating, da...

Yuval Ron Ensemble Seeker of Truth Yuval Ron Music As the musical director, oud player, and saz player, Yuval Ron assembles a host of musici...

Baba ZuLa Gecekondu Doublemoon The Turkish beat group features traditional stringed instruments and percussion to form a kind of Turk-beat m...

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

Natacha Atlas Mounqaliba Six Degrees What seems to be a departure for Natacha Atlas may in fact be a concept album with historic roots and s...

Abaji Origine Orients Absilone Music Born in Beirut, Lebanon to parents of Turkish, Syrian, Greek, and Armenian lineage, Abaji is quite th...

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

35th Parallel Crossing Painted Islands Independent Release The 2006 release, Crossing Painted Islands , continues the tradition of exploring...