Asia Society Texas, American Turkish Association-Houston, and Hoppa Project present Sounds of Anatolia, from the fifth annual Turkish Music Festival, a multi-day musical event dedicated to sharing a ...
Fungistanbul, a trio that began experimenting with a sound they call "Trash Oriental" in 2019, have joined a growing global movement of groups that bang, strum and blow into things they find in ...
Sam is a journalist based in Vancouver, BC. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in English literature with a minor in Creative Writing, cutting her teeth through her ...
In a YouTube video, seven chamber orchestra players sit on a stage adorned with white columns and red velvet drapes, looking as if they’re about to play Bach. But what they do play is surprisingly far ...
Altin Gun’s fans say the band does more for Turkey’s image than the government. No one seems to mind that it’s actually Dutch. By Alex Marshall Late one night in 2016, Jasper Verhulst was sitting on ...
Nasip Kısmet is a term used by Turkish people to describe the idea that “what is meant to happen will happen,” or “destiny.” This is the term a group of Turkish-Hungarian musicians in Budapest chose ...