I’m very pleased to announce our first gig in Cambridge which will take place in the Portland Arms. We are very much looking forward to it and hope you will enjoy our unique selection of songs in Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and other traditional languages spoken in old Anatolia. More details

Ankara Bilkent Odeon Stage 2011. Paula Darwish, Lou Armer, Serpil Kılıç. ‘dostum dostum’   – a traditional Alevi song in Turkish. “dostum” means ” my friend”  

New live film from London Alevi festival June 2012 Baranê – a traditional song from Konya (berhevkar:Mustafa Kart) Baran means rain in Kurdish Kurmanji

A folk song from the Sivas region of Turkey Words: Pir Sultan Abdal Music by: Aşık Ali Sultan One of my favourite folk songs,written by the famous Alevi poet and rebel, Pir Sultan Abdal who lived in the 16th century. ‘Dostum’ means ‘my friend’. The music was created by another well known modern day Alevi

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A folk song from the Erzurum Region of Turkey. Source: Hulusi Seven Collected by:Emir Aldemir When I was offered a gig at the Royal Exchange Theatre in early 2009, I was pretty much gigging every month with the band and felt in the mood to do something different. I was very occupied with our night

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