Jahrgangsgeräusche Adventskalender 2014 – #16

Selda Bağcan – Vurulduk ey halkım unutma bizi


She’s been called the Joan Baez of Turkey, though it feels more appropriate to portray Selda Bağcan without Western associations. “Bitter sound of the Turkish People,” a descriptor her fans (and later Selda herself) adopted to encapsulate her music’s unabashed folk intent, serves the purpose pretty well, and the phrase also relates to the considerable troubles the singer-guitarist has endured for her activism.
JOSEPH NEFF JANUARY 29, 2014