London Alevi Festival 2012   New pictures … ( -:  

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 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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Escape from the City Festival Saturday 10 September 2.00-7.00pm Paula Darwish & The Country and Eastern Band, Lulu and The Lampshades,Girl Peculiar, Princes in the Tower,Albert Thompson and more…. Tickets are free – but book in advance to receive your festival wristband. Call Salford Tourist Information Centre on 0161 848 8601 or email info@visitsalford.info with

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Iguana Bar Party Iguana Bar: 115 -117 Manchester Road, Manchester, M21 9PG Paula Darwish and the Country and Eastern Band with their unique brand of Turkish and Kurdish folk music.More beautiful music from Turkey with special guests Heather Greenbank and Pascal Paschalis on bouzouki. World music at its best.Fresh shawarma and falafel wil also be

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Sunday March 13th 2011. 3pm onwards at Daymer Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre: 22 Moorefield Road, N17 6PY, London, GB (MAP) Celebrate International Womens day in London in the warm and welcoming atmopshere of DAYMER Turkish and Kurdish Cultrural Centre. Featuring Paula Darwish and various performers performing Turkish and Kurdish folk music and poetry. For

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