23rd February 2014 at the Green Note, London NW1.

Country: Turkey & Greece (British residents) & Britain. Style: Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Azerbaijani Traditional.

Lineup: Olcay Bayir (v), Nicki Maher (clarinet), Stelios Katsatsidis (chromatic accordion), George Tsiaousidis (g), Kostas Kopanaris (cajón/frame drum).

Olcay Bayir is of Kurdish Alevi heritage and born in Gaziantep in southeast Turkey. She moved to the UK at the age of 15. Nee-va is a fairly recent project exploring mainly Anatolian music. I’ve taken photos in the past of three of the band members in other contexts: Bayir, Maher and Katsatsidis (thee last playing Greek Rebetiko and Italian Pizzica). To see them click on the tags of the names.
More information: ne-vaa.weebly.com/.

Tags:   World Music Turkey Greece Great Britain Traditional Turkish Music Traditional Kurdish Music Nee-va Green Note

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23rd February 2014 at the Green Note, London NW1.

Country: Turkey & Greece (British residents) & Britain. Style: Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Azerbaijani Traditional.

Lineup: Olcay Bayir (v), Nicki Maher (clarinet), Stelios Katsatsidis (chromatic accordion), George Tsiaousidis (g), Kostas Kopanaris (cajón/frame drum).

Olcay Bayir is of Kurdish Alevi heritage and born in Gaziantep in southeast Turkey. She moved to the UK at the age of 15. Nee-va is a fairly recent project exploring mainly Anatolian music. I’ve taken photos in the past of three of the band members in other contexts: Bayir, Maher and Katsatsidis (thee last playing Greek Rebetiko and Italian Pizzica). To see them click on the tags of the names.
More information: ne-vaa.weebly.com/.

Tags:   World Music Turkey Greece Great Britain Traditional Turkish Music Traditional Kurdish Music Nee-va Green Note

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23rd February 2014 at the Green Note, London NW1.

Country: Turkey (British resident). Style: Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Azerbaijani Traditional.

Lineup: Olcay Bayir (v), Nicki Maher (clarinet), Stelios Katsatsidis (chromatic accordion), George Tsiaousidis (g), Kostas Kopanaris (cajón/frame drum).

Olcay Bayir is of Kurdish Alevi heritage and born in Gaziantep in southeast Turkey. She moved to the UK at the age of 15. Nee-va is a fairly recent project exploring mainly Anatolian music. I’ve taken photos in the past of three of the band members in other contexts: Bayir, Maher and Katsatsidis (thee last playing Greek Rebetiko and Italian Pizzica). To see them click on the tags of the names.
More information: ne-vaa.weebly.com/.

Tags:   World Music Turkey Kurd Traditional Turkish Music Traditional Kurdish Music Nee-va Olcay Bayir Green Note

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23rd February 2014 at the Green Note, London NW1.

Country: Turkey (British resident). Style: Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Azerbaijani Traditional.

Lineup: Olcay Bayir (v), Nicki Maher (clarinet), Stelios Katsatsidis (chromatic accordion), George Tsiaousidis (g), Kostas Kopanaris (cajón/frame drum).

Olcay Bayir is of Kurdish Alevi heritage and born in Gaziantep in southeast Turkey. She moved to the UK at the age of 15. Nee-va is a fairly recent project exploring mainly Anatolian music. I’ve taken photos in the past of three of the band members in other contexts: Bayir, Maher and Katsatsidis (thee last playing Greek Rebetiko and Italian Pizzica). To see them click on the tags of the names.
More information: ne-vaa.weebly.com/.

Tags:   World Music Turkey Kurd Traditional Turkish Music Traditional Kurdish Music Nee-va Olcay Bayir Green Note

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23rd February 2014 at the Green Note, London NW1.

Country: Turkey (British resident). Style: Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Azerbaijani Traditional.

Lineup: Olcay Bayir (v), Nicki Maher (clarinet), Stelios Katsatsidis (chromatic accordion), George Tsiaousidis (g), Kostas Kopanaris (cajón/frame drum).

Olcay Bayir is of Kurdish Alevi heritage and born in Gaziantep in southeast Turkey. She moved to the UK at the age of 15. Nee-va is a fairly recent project exploring mainly Anatolian music. I’ve taken photos in the past of three of the band members in other contexts: Bayir, Maher and Katsatsidis (thee last playing Greek Rebetiko and Italian Pizzica). To see them click on the tags of the names.
More information: ne-vaa.weebly.com/.

Tags:   World Music Turkey Kurd Traditional Turkish Music Traditional Kurdish Music Nee-va Olcay Bayir Green Note

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