V/A - The Pain of Separation: Turkish Gazels, 1926-1935 LP Pre order There is an intimate spaciousness

There is an intimate spaciousness within these songs too

“And if you can get those people singing something real–that’s the goal

Illuminating minor works from seasoned players such as former Syndicate Of Sound chart-topper Sharkey and late-era Canned Heat lynchpin James Thornbury

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V/A - The Pain of Separation: Turkish Gazels, 1926-1935 LP Pre order There is an intimate spaciousnessA collection of spellbinding, melismatic vocal improvisations taken from 78s cut between the mid 1920s to mid '30s a period defined by the aftermath of the Ottoman Empires partition, the Greco Turkish War and the compulsory population exchange that followed. This same period also represented a time of intense efforts, following the establishment of the Republic, to westernise the new nation's music coupled with a ban on traditional music education in