Various Turkish artists (featuring Fidan Hajiyeva and Nefes Ensemble) recorded in Bistro Bar Etcetera, Stoke Newington, London England, 2013-05-12, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 "World Routes" HD stream master


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Lucy Duran visits a musical event with London's Turkish community in a cafe in Stoke Newington. The Nefes Ensemble is joined by World Routes Academy protegee Fidan Hajiyeva in traditional songs from rural Turkey, and Brighton-born Turkish Cypriot Dogan Mehmet performs contemporary Turkish songs with a UK twist.

The Nefes Ensemble is a mix of amateur and professional performers, devoting themselves to presenting the folk songs of Turkey in their authentic forms. Nefes means 'breath', and they see themselves as expressing Turkey's cultural soul while living many miles away from their homeland. World Routes Academy protegee Fidan Hajiyeva learned Turkish as a child - their culture and heritage is close to that of her native Azerbaijan. Dogan Mehmet's background mixes his Turkish Cypriot heritage with English folk and American rock, and all these elements are evident in the eclectic style of his band the Boombox Karavan.


Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 "World Routes" 2013-06-02


01 intro

02 Nefes Ensemble - Yemenimde Hare Var

03 talk

04 Ay saci Burma - Guman Yeri Var
Performers: Fidan Hajiyeva, Onur Can Aslan and Nefes Ensemble

05 talk

06 Ozan Toprak - Kalkti Goc Eyledi Avsar Elleri
Nefes Ensemble
Egin Dedikleri

07 talk

08 Fidan Hajiyeva
Bahcalarda Barim Var - Karagoz
Performers: Fidan Hajiyeva, Onur Can Aslan and Nefes Ensemble

09 talk

10 Nefes Ensemble
Vardar Ovasi

11 talk

12 Dogan Meghmet
Leymouson Turkusu

13 talk

14 Dogan Meghmet
Domates Biber Putlican

15 talk

16 Fidan Hajiyeva
Darildin mi Gulum Bana

17 talk

18 Songs to accompany traditional Turkish wedding dance


Performers: Fidan Hajiyeva and Nefes Ensemble