Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate Presents Terri Kunda

Zekeriya Şen25/01/202325/01/2023

“Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art.”– Oscar Wilde Quite the oxymoron… ‘Spontaneity’ is the action of living in the moment, often derived from natural emotion and fleeting impulses. Yet, the...

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Kimi Djabaté

Zekeriya Şen24/01/202324/01/2023

Kimi Djabaté was raised in Tabato, Guinea-Bissau, a village known for its griots, hereditary singer-poets whose songs of praise and tales of history and legends play an essential role in...

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Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia

Zekeriya Şen13/01/202313/01/2023

The first album of West African ekonting music, Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia, is a testament to the endurance of music and tradition across the...

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ANGELINE MORRISON

Zekeriya Şen13/01/202314/04/2025

THE SORROW SONGS: FOLK SONGS OF BLACK BRITISH EXPERIENCE The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience is the upcoming record by Cornwall-based folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angeline...

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Özay Gönlüm The Turkish Folk Music Idol

Zekeriya Şen04/10/202014/04/2025

The old Turkish audience knew him in elegant suits with his hairpiece, his rosary on his arm, handkerchief on his leg under his “saz” a stringed instrument, boats in legs...

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Album of Gazneli Mahmud

Zekeriya Şen10/04/201915/04/2025

Surfing does you good when you are more concentrated and oriented on what you want to learn. Than little beautiful knowledge pop-ups pop in front of your screen. I came...

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Alla Turca

Zekeriya Şen07/04/201915/04/2025

What business did Western Classical Music Composers have imitating Turkish military music? I have always been keen to know where and which musical pieces in the Ottoman repertoire have been...

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A lament to Atatürk Airport (aka Yeşilköy Airport)

Zekeriya Şen05/04/201915/04/2025

Let’s start with a small background of our Aviation History. It all began back in 1st June 1911, in Yeşilköy when The Turkish Air Force was founded by the Prime...

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Turkish Folk Music Instruments

Zekeriya Şen03/04/201915/04/2025

Turkey has a wide diversity of musical instruments, some of which have existed there for over a thousand years while others have been imported in our own times. Ancient instruments...

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Listening To Turkish Music

Zekeriya Şen03/04/201915/04/2025

When listening to a “new” type of music for the first time, it is sometimes difficult to be able to hear the context of the different musical sounds. Sometimes it...

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