Traditional Music of the World, Vol. 6: Song Creators in Eastern Turkey

In remote cities of Eastern Turkey, poet singers continue to perform ancient traditions, accompanied by the long necked lute. Here, four renowned poet musicians sing of love, of distance, of adventures, and of landscapes in a style that combines deep religiousity with tender poetic imagery. Recorded in eastern Turkey and extensively annotated in a 60-page booklet.

Track Listing

101	Bolu bey	Âsik Murat Çobanoğlu	03:25
102	Dertli bülbül (The sorrowful nightingale)	Âsik Murat Çobanoğlu	02:11
103	Ben bir şeyda bülbül gibi (I am love-sick like the nightingale)	Âsik Şeref Taslıova	03:10
104	Kerem güzellemesi (Kerem's praise song)	Âsik Şeref Taslıova	02:43
105	Kiziroğlu	Âsik Murat Çobanoğlu	03:38
106	Felek saki tanırım (I know the seriousness of fate)	Âsik Murat Çobanoğlu	03:20
107	Gurbet Türküsü (Songs of the foreign land)	Âsik Şeref Taslıova	03:06
108	Istanbuldan çıktı bir ulu kervan (A big caravan left Istanbul)	Âsik Şeref Taslıova	04:18
109	Sevdasına müştak vurdu sedyeye (Longing threw love on the bier)	Âsik Şeref Taslıova	02:26
110	Aylar yıllar (Months, years)	Âsik Murat Çobanoğlu	03:54
111	Derbele ben giderim (It is said, I must go now)	Âsik Şeref Taslıova	03:02
112	Derbeder (The grieving stranger)	Âsik Şeref Taslıova	03:59
113	Hey hey gök yüzünde telli turnam (Hey, hey you feathered crane in the sky)	Âsik Rahim Sağlam	03:51
114	Gurbet elde (In this foreign langd)	Âsik Rahim Sağlam	02:40
115	Güzeller aradım (Beautiful girls I seek)	Âsik Rahim Sağlam	02:47
116	Hay hay şu karşıkı karlı dağlar (Hey hey are all the mountains over there full of snow)	Âsik Mevlut Şafak Ihsani	05:22
117	Lale sümbül mor menekşe (Hyacinths, tulips, blue violets)	Âsik Mevlut Şafak Ihsani	03:21
118	Bahar gelince süslenir (When the spring comes)	Âsik Rahim Sağlam	03:29
119	Bolu bey	Âsik Rahim Sağlam	04:06
120	Dağlar yeşilenmiş (The mountains have become green)	Âsik Murat Çobanoğlu	04:05