Turkey

A 49-minute instrumental journey across Turkey — ten cities in one continuous arc, from the Ottoman classical of Bosphorus Istanbul to the state-conservatory folk of Ankara. No vocals; pure instrumental storytelling.

Each track is composed from the music of its place: the imperial tanbur and ney of cosmopolitan Istanbul; the Mevlevi whirling stillness of Konya, ney and rebab in slow devotional breath; the sira gecesi night-music and Saba mode of Sanliurfa, the prophet-city of Abraham; the mournful dengbej and piercing mey of the basalt walls of Diyarbakir; the hyperkinetic kemençe and tulum bagpipe of Black Sea Trabzon, the fastest horon in the country; and the snow-stark asik saz and Caucasian accordion of border-country Kars.