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Zeynep Bakşi Karatağ; Usulca
“My first record “Mosaic” was a kind of adventure for both, me and my husband. We started to make music without knowing where it might lead us. We thought it would be great to raise all these old and traditional songs to a new, modern […]
The first solo album: Üryan
The first solo album “Üryan” is the product of Deniz Türkan’s long-running works and meets listeners with the Kalan music label. The album with interpretation of the works of poets and lovers like Pir Sultan Abdal, Şah Hatayi, Fuzuli, Karacaoğlan, Dertli, Nesimi Çimen, Hacı Bayrak, […]
MOTHER MOON: SO DUO’S DEBUT ALBUM
Oh, Mother Moon! Hear us Cover us Show us ourselves! MOTHER MOON is the debut album of Turkey’s SO Duo – Sumru Ağıryürüyen and Orçun Baştürk. Released by Kalan Müzik in April 2018, MOTHER MOON is comprised of original songs by SO Duo. The album […]
Divanhana & Suzan Kardeş Releases Their New Studio Album: Kardeş
After the very successful “Zukva” album, published in the end of 2015, and a two-year long regional and European tour, which included more than 120 concerts, B&H’s sevdah band Divanhana releases their new studio album, symbolically named “Kardeş”. Despite their overloaded concert schedule, this popular […]
Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz
Hit his mark with a music again in a season…. Atv’s watch blockbuster series “Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz”in the second and third season was released as two-CD albums og original music.Produced by Nilüfer Saltık The album “Kalan / Z” was released on the label. Directed […]
Kardeş Türküler – Along the Road of Hope!
September, the month of the International Day of Peace, sees the release of Kardeş Türküler’s new album, Yol [Road]. The album invites listeners on a musical journey of many voices and many cultures and is a call for everyone—those who believe that we should live […]
Murat Aydemir Trio / Masal
Murat Aydemir presents tanbur as Istanbul instrument with enriching different tones and melodies in this album which is continuation of Murat Aydemir Trio. He had composed Masal/ Fairytale instrumental piece in 2013 for this album and finished in 4 years. The second version of the […]
Tarab
Tarab is the album of the continuity between tradition and contemporaneity. The musical instruments of Ney, Tanbur, Kemençe and Bendir, perceived by a certain section of Turkey in association with folklore or orientalism, by a further section as part of national heritage, or, in line […]
The Daily Rind Label Spotlight: KALAN Music
Among its many interpretations, music can inspire enjoyment and relief, or present a gigantic universe to be explored and discovered. Hasan Saltık, founder of the stand-out Turkish label, KALAN, is more of the discoverer kind and with that, has built what many would count among the pioneering Turkish labels. An established […]
1915-2015 Truth & Hope Ara Dinkjian
Armenian-American composer and ud player Ara Dinkjian is well known throughout Turkey, The Middle East, and Europe. Many of his songs (i.e. Vazgeçtim, Ağladıkça, Sarışın, YineMiÇiçek, Son Sardunyalar) have become standards. His progressive ensembles Night Ark, The Secret Trio, and The Ara Dinkjian Quartet have […]
