Olcay Bayir: Rüya – Dream for Anatolia

Olcay Bayir: Rüya – Dream for Anatolia

May 26, 2019

Music for a Long Journey Listening Post 203. Olcay Bayir’s extraordinary second album begins with an endless walk on a narrow road, the trek drawn from an Alevi allegory of life’s journey. The artist has a parallel story: Born in southern Turkey, her musical Kurdish...
Mizgin: Lorin

Mizgin: Lorin

November 13, 2018

Music From Heartstrings Listening Post 176. Denied education, she taught herself. Denied a voice, she just sang louder. Mizgin, born in the Kurdish heartland of eastern Turkey, contracted polio at two and spent her early years at home, unable to go to school....