Turkish Cypriot crooner Atila Huseyin is back live in London this weekend performing the early works of Nat King Cole, which feature on his new album King for a Day – the Music of the Nat Cole Trio. The show, at the award-winning Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, includes familiar numbers such a...
Istanbul-born Çiğdem Aslan brings her multi-lingual skills to this year’s Rebetiko Carnival, singing the songs of her roots. Çiğdem came to the forefront of the UK Rebetiko revival with her stunning 2013 debut release Mortissa, which breathed new life into 1920s and 1930s Rebetiko and Smyrnaic so...
Tonight, all roads lead to Leyton for a sell-out Saturday night Turkish extravaganza. That’s right, after a four month hiatus, the institution otherwise known as Cyprus Meze Bar is back! Singer Semra İleten headlines tonight. After a spell as a child actor in Turkey starring alongside the likes o...
As Eurovisions go, it appeared that Australia (yes, we know it's not in Europe) had it sown up this year. Way out in front with votes from the juries of the participating countries, we were looking at a comprehensive Aussie win.Though Ukraine was picking up a few 12 points, Australia was more consis...
If you had one chance to spend Eurovision in any country, it would surely be Sweden and in particular Stockholm, wouldn't it? The Swedes have got this Eurovision thing sussed. Winners of this most prestigious song contest umpteen times, no-one knows this contest better than the birthplace of th...
Olcay Bayır is one of Turkey’s finest musical exports. Now based in the UK, the classically trained soprano with a velveteen voice like no other sings stories of Anatolian love and mystery. Hailing from Turkey’s southeast region and of Kurdish origin, she took the World Music scene by storm follo...
On Tuesday evening, talented Jazz singer Atila Huseyin will take to the stage at the Hippodrome in London’s Leicester Square to perform some of Nat King Cole’s most memorable early songs including Unforgettable, This Can’t Be Love, Nature Boy, and Mona Lisa. Atila’s new album King for a Day, set...
An Alevi Folk band from Holland will be making their first appearance in Britain next month following an invitation from the youth wing of the Glasgow Alevi Cultural Centre and Cemevi. Vengi Dersim, a trio based in Rotterdam, will perform at a concert at the Pearce Institute in Govan on Sunday 17 Ap...
Next month, two of Turkey’s leading musicians will embark on an eight-date tour of Canada and the United States of America. Erkan Oğur and İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu, both masters of stringed instruments, will kick off their tour in Toronto on Apr. 1 and conclude in San Francisco nine days later. Thei...
One of North Cyprus’ leading artists will be appearing at a fundraising event in North London next month. Classical music singer Cem Kafkas headlines this year’s ball in aid of the UK Turkish Education Consortium. The event takes place at the Decorium on Saturday 30 April, with notable guests, inclu...
