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Idol Kurdish music band of the 1990s announced their reunion and released a new acoustic version of an old song.
Click to read the article in Turkish / Kurdish Having published Radio Yerevan's archive of 900 Kurdish songs on digital platforms last month, the German-Kurdish Cultural Institute ...
For 40 euphoric minutes, the trio, originally from Turkey, immersed fans in Kurdish culture with songs that inspired dancing, chanting, and, at one point, a joyful, rotating crowd circle.
A pair of local musicians brought some traditional Kurdish music to the halls of Hector. It's one of many mini concerts the FM Arts Partnership is hosting at the airport throughout the summer.
For centuries, dengbej songs served as news bulletin, history lesson and evening's entertainment all in one. Master singers continue to perform. But efforts to preserve Kurdish culture have suffered.
When the jihadists attacked Kobane in late 2014, and heavy fighting turned the town into a symbol of Kurdish resistance, the sisters fled across the border to Turkey. After several unhappy months in ...
Summer is here and it's the season of wedding parties throughout Türkiye. But for some Kurdish men, women, and children, joyful dancing and singing of Kurdish political folk songs at wedding ...
Current trends in Kurdish music reflect that impulse. Like many nomadic peoples, the Kurds developed a strong folk music tradition they use to pass down their stories from one generation to the next.
For centuries, dengbej songs served as news bulletin, history lesson and evening's entertainment all in one. Master singers continue to perform. But efforts to preserve Kurdish culture have suffered.