Enjoy an educational and entertaining night highlighting a range of Turkish traditions, from folk music and Ottoman court music, to the contemporary music of Turkey. Along with Hoppa Project conducted ...

From Türkiye’s chart-toppers to global sensations, Spotify 2025 Wrapped reveals the year’s biggest hits and listening trends ...

Grammy-nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and his jazz orchestra, Whatsnext? are celebrating the release of their newest album "Turkish Hipster: Tales From Swing To ...

Founded by refugee musicians, a music institute in Southern Turkey tries to revive forgotten Syrian classics and integrate Turkish and Syrian cultures with music the two have shared for centuries.

One of the most prominent names in Turkish rap, En Derin, has joined forces with globally renowned American rapper Twista, ...

Kurt Cobain’s birthday is Saturday, February 20, and the late, beloved lead singer of Nirvana would have been 49. In the wake of his death, a litany of artists have paid homage to him and his iconic ...

Middle Eastern instrumentation, modes and rhythms have long served as source material for jazz musicians wishing to extend their musical boundaries. In the early days of jazz, an "oriental tinge was ...

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Comparing the top-ten song charts in Turkey and the United States is not exactly a run-of-the-mill subject for a sociolinguistics research paper. But it made an ideal topic for someone who is fluent ...

The story of the band Altin Gun begins with an old record from the '70s. JASPER VERHULST: Seven or eight years ago or something, I just started collecting music from basically all around the world.

This program takes place in-person at Asia Society Texas Center. Asia Society Texas Center and Hoppa Project present the fourth annual Turkish Music Festival, featuring master clarinetist Ismail ...