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

Various Artists
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

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