One of the best films I’ve seeen on YouTube for  while. A short film featuring a collaboration of some of Turkey’s best folk singers, protesting amongst other things, about damage to the natural environment of the Black Sea Region ( Karadeniz) caused by developments like new dams. The Black Sea region borders Russia  and tea

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Photos from this year’s fantastic 2nd London Alevi festival…

Live film from Sargfabrik in Vienna May 2012 – the song is Gelmiş Bahar, which was fırst recorded by Ayşe San (1938–1996), a singer from Dıyarbakır in Turkey. The song has lyrics in both Turkish and Kurdish and is a traditional song sourced by Ayşe San.

New album “3 songs from Anatolia” out now on CDbaby and all major download platforms…includes the songs, Urfa Türküsü, Dağlara Gel and Uyur İdik.  Follow this link for the CDbaby album page with more details about the music.

New live video on youtube…  

A traditional Alevi song from Erzincan in Turkey From: Aşık Daimi   Bugün bize pir geldi gülleri teze geldi Önü sira kamberi Ali el murteza geldi   Ali bizim şahımız kâbe kîble gâhımız Mıhraçtaki Muhammet o bizim padişahımız   Aramı uzatılar yarama düz bastılar Fazladan bir gül geldi bedestan da sattılar   Padişahım yaradan okur

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