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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Teke::Teke |
Setagya Koya
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Hagata | Kill Rock Stars | * | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |
| Charif Megarbane |
Souk El Ahad
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Marzipan | Habibi Funk | * | 0:05:24 (Pop-up) | |
| Erkin Koray |
Bir Eylül Aksami (A September Evening)
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Single | Melodi | Koray's first single, released in 1966 but some believe recorded several years earlier. | 0:10:53 (Pop-up) | |
| Erkin Koray |
Karli Dağlar
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Elektronik Türküler | Pharaway Sounds | Elektronik Türküler, "Electronic Folk Songs [of Turkey]") is the second album by Turkish rock musician Erkin Koray, originally released by Doğan Plakcılık in 1974. Stylistically, it combines psychedelic and progressive rock influences with traditional Turkish elements. This album is one of the more internationally acknowledged examples of Anatolian rock. - Wikipedia | 0:14:34 (Pop-up) | |
| Erkin Koray |
Çiçek Dağı
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Various Artists: Turkish Delights | Grey Past | I believe this song was originally done by a group called Traditional Folk, | 0:18:05 (Pop-up) | |
| Erkin Koray |
Cemalim
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Elektronik Türküler | Pharaway Sounds | “Cemalim” is an old folk song of the Cappadocian area which first was assembled by regional folk singer Refik Başaran. | 0:20:38 (Pop-up) | |
| Erkin Koray |
Istemem
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Arap Saçi | Pharaway Sounds | Arap Saçi is a two-disc collection of singles and album material by the great Turkish guitarist and Anatolian rock pioneer Erkin Koray. Originally issued in 1976 -- two years after his groundbreaking Elektronik Türküler -- its 24 selections offer a wide-spectrum view of his expansive vision. - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide | 0:28:23 (Pop-up) | |
| Erkin Koray |
Şaşkin
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Arap Saçi | Pharaway Sounds | Erkin Koray in a bit of a folksier mode | 0:31:55 (Pop-up) | |
| Erkin Koray & Ter |
Züleyha
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Various Artists: Türküdelic | Turkola | A rare single b-side - more on the rocking side. | 0:36:10 (Pop-up) | |
| T.P.A.O. Batman Ork. |
Kara Toprak
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Various Artists: Altın Mikrofon - 56 Unutulmaz Eser | Doğan Music Company | Album compiles songs from the Altın Mikrofon (Golden Microphone) song contest held from 1965-68 | 0:43:38 (Pop-up) | |
| Barış Manço |
Derule
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Various Artists: Turkish Delights | Grey Past | Turkish rock singer, song writer and tv host (b. 2 January 1943, Istanbul - d. 1 February 1999). His mother Rikkat Uyanık was a famous Turkish singer in the 40s. Living in Paris during the 60s, he started a band Les Mistigris. Considered one of the most influential pop artists of Turkey. Founder member of the band Kurtalan Ekspres. - Discogs | 0:46:38 (Pop-up) | |
| Çığrışım |
Salak
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7" | Ironhand | 0:48:46 (Pop-up) | ||
| Haramiler |
Çamlica Yolunda
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Various Artists: Hava Narghile | Bacchus Archives | Psychedelic Rock group from Turkey not to be confused with another Turkish group of the same name. - Discogs | 0:52:46 (Pop-up) | |
| Mavi Isiklar |
Iyi Düsün Tasin (For Your Information by the Cedars)
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Various Artists: Hava Narghile | Bacchus Archives | Mavi Işıklar is a Turkish beat/cover band and was founded in 1964 and disbanded in 1970. The name of the band could be translated into English as "Blue Lights". Mavi Işıklar is considered as "Turkish Beatles" because of their appearances. | 0:55:14 (Pop-up) | |
| Rana Alagoz |
Bahçelerde Börülce
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Various Artists: Altın Mikrofon - 56 Unutulmaz Eser | Doğan Music Company | 1:01:05 (Pop-up) | ||
| 3 Hür-El |
Kol Bastı
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Hürel Arsivi | Guerssen | Turkish Psychedelic Rock band, consisting of three brothers. - Discogs | 1:03:59 (Pop-up) | |
| Tülay German & Doruk Onatkut Orkestrasi |
Burçak Tarlasi
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Various Artists: Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics | Nublu | During the 1960s, Tülay German sang on quartets and recorded an album together with Timur Selçuk. In 1962, she made trials on “polyphonic Turkish popular music” with her husband Erdem Buri in 1962 and succeeded in it. In 1964, she was selected as the favorite singer by the music critics in “The Festival of Balkans’ Melodies”. Then, she released her first album named “Burçak Tarlası” which is accepted as the first “hit” of Turkish popular music. Till this album, the Turkish songs were just the arrangements of Western songs in Turkish language; but it is claimed that Turkish popular music was born after the release of “Burçak Tarlası”. - Biyografya | 1:06:08 (Pop-up) | |
| Edip Akbayram |
Deniz Üstü Köpürür
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Edip Akbayram | Pharaway Sounds | Folk song from Muğla (SE Turkey) region. Edip Akbayram is one of the most underrated Turkish musicians of all time. With his ever smiling face, he tried to spread peace and unity messages around the country but was banned by TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, which was the only television channel in Turkey until the 1990s), beaten by fanatics, and threatened with murder many times. - Vefik Karaege, All Music Guide | 1:09:36 (Pop-up) | |
| Gaye Su Akyol |
Sen Benim Mağaramsın (You Are My Cave)
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Anadolu Ejderi | Glitterbeat | GIGs: Sat Sept 9 with the Secret Trio @ Bryant Park (Free), Fri Sept 15 @ Drom. | 1:17:13 (Pop-up) | |
| Altin Gün |
Canim Oy
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Aşk | ATO | Amsterdam-based, Grammy®-nominated Turkish psych-folk innovators. - Discogs | 1:20:45 (Pop-up) | |
| Barış Manço & Moğollar |
Binboğanın Kızı
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Various Artists: Istanbul 70: Psych, Disco, Folk Classics | Nublu | Barış Manço: Turkish rock singer, song writer and tv host (b. 2 January 1943, Istanbul - d. 1 February 1999). His mother Rikkat Uyanık was a famous Turkish singer in the 40s. Living in Paris during the 60s, he started a band Les Mistigris. Considered one of the most influential pop artists of Turkey. Founder member of the band Kurtalan Ekspres. Barış Manço died suddenly of a heart attack in 1999. - Discogs | 1:24:05 (Pop-up) | |
| Moğollar |
Çiğrik
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1968 - 2000 | Emre | Four young Turks from different Anatolian villages met and became friends during the 1960s, discovering in common their taste both for the traditional music of their land and for the new kind of music that Europe called "pop". Their kind of music, based on the exotic folklore heritage of Anatolia, enriched by modern rhythms merged with the impassioned strains of the Turkish national idioms, stimulated the formation of numerous other new groups. - Discogs | 1:30:08 (Pop-up) | |
| Bunalım |
Başak Saçlım
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Various Artists: Hava Narghile | Bacchus Archives | Bunalım (which means "depression" or "frustration" in Turkish), founded in the summer of 1969, was one of the most well-known underground groups on the Turkish music scene of the early '70s, although their discography is limited to only a few singles. - Discogs | 1:36:34 (Pop-up) | |
| Gülden Karaböcek |
Gel Bari Bari
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Volume 1 | Pharaway Sounds | Karaböcek is one of the first names in arabesque and fantasy music and has tried many styles during her music career but she has earned reputation primarily from her unique arabesque songs which feature fantasy elements. - Wikipedia | 1:39:27 (Pop-up) | |
| Selda |
Yaylalar
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Selda | Finders Keepers | Turkish female folk singer and guitarist. Born: 1948 in Muğla province, Turkey. Turkish protest singer Selda Bagcan was persecuted by her country's military rulers in the 1980's because of her political lyrics. - Discogs | 1:43:03 (Pop-up) | |
| Cem Karaca |
Kara Sevda
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Kardaşlar | Guerssen | Turkish rock pioneer Muhtar Cem Karaca was born on April 5,1945 in Bakirköy,Istanbul to professional actors Mehmet Ibrahim Karaca and Toto Karaca (Irma Felekyan). He worked with various bands and he became a Turkish rock legend with these bands. - Discogs | 1:47:20 (Pop-up) | |
| Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek |
3,2,2,3
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Nem Kaldi | Les Disques Bongo Joe | Grup Şimşek began in 2014 as a quintet, performing a set of Turkish/Anatolian folk and pop songs, led by Derya Yıldırım’s hypnotizing Saz and vocals. - Discogs | 1:51:20 (Pop-up) | |
| Neşet Ertaş |
Baga Gel Bostana Gel
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Sözlü Oyun Havaları | Bayar Müzik | 1:55:19 (Pop-up) | ||
| Homayun Sakhi |
Kataghani
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The Art of the Afghan Rubab | Smithsonian Folkways | Regional style from northern Afghanistan. | 2:07:08 (Pop-up) | |
| Kefaya & Elaha Soroor |
Charsi
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Songs of our Mothers | Bella Union | Elaha Soroor is a London-based musician, vocalist, composer, and designer originally from Afghanistan. | 2:10:43 (Pop-up) | |
| Ustad Farida Mahwash |
Hama Omr
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Radio Kaboul | Accords-Croises | Now living in California, she was the first woman to have been conferred the honorary title of "Ustad" (meaning Master in Dari). | 2:15:39 (Pop-up) | |
| Sheila Chandra |
Ever So Lonely / Eyes / Ocean
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Weaving My Ancestors' Voices | Real World | Newly reissued | 2:23:38 (Pop-up) | |
| Avra Banerjee |
Ganga Kaleidoscope
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The Mind Voyager | Muzik House Productions | Album features 22 artists from various parts of the world | * | 2:26:52 (Pop-up) |
| Nickodemus |
Shakti (feat. Falu)
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Soul & Science | Wonderwheel | Falu blends ancient classical Indian melodies with contemporary western sounds. In 2022, she won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for her album A Colorful World. | * | 2:35:59 (Pop-up) |
| Suistamon Sähkö |
Liitelen
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Varokaa! Hengenvaara | Nordic Notes | GIG: Friday, 25 August 7 pm Diana Burco + Suistamon Sähkö + Ragini Ensemble: Accordions Around the World Festival @ Bryant Park (Free) | 2:41:22 (Pop-up) | |
| Mohammad Zatari Trio |
Desire
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Istehlal | Zehra Music | * | 2:46:41 (Pop-up) | |
| Slavo Rican Assembly |
Bomba Jam
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Intercosmic | Riverboat | GIG: Tues night @ Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens. Slavo Rican Assembly unites leader Jan Kus' extensive experience from the NYC Latin jazz scene with his traditional South Slavic roots. | 2:52:32 (Pop-up) | |
| Novalima |
La Danza
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La Danza - Part 1 | Six Degrees | GIG: Novalima @ Drom Sat Aug 19, 8 pm. | 2:55:13 (Pop-up) |
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