Turku News

Turku has just returned from the Darbukastani Independence Day celebration inspired and energized! We've added an electric bass player, Bayhar; who really gives us a nice fat sound. Now, we're gearing up for Pennsic, where we'll be playing on the field at the castle on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 8:30pm. (with fri as a rain date) Bring a chair or blanket to sit on and/or your dancing boots.

Carla has launched a new site that teaches "Ecstatic Dance". It is geared towards the dancer that wishes to learn to improvise joyously and spontaneously.

Farzad has released his third solo cd, Rubicon

Click the cd image to hear some of this beautiful recording

***You can now order Alleys of Istanbul and the Zil Technique CD through CafePress.com***

If you'd like more news or would like to get involved in the community of international music and dance lovers, check out tribe.net. It's a wealth of information and a wonderful resource.

Carla is creating a series of Turku desktop wallpapers. This one is based on our homepage.
Here is one for the dancers, an image from the Zil CD.

Collaborations
Zafira Dance Troupe, featured on Turku's first video and on the stage with Turku at many performances has released a video,"Caravan Serai". A lovely and magical show featuring pieces from Turku's first two CD's.

Awalim Dance Company, a beautiful and talented group from Atlanta, which performed with Turku at Pennsic and at it's Talequah concert, has a performance video which features music by Turku.

Eventide Music Productions has released a compilation of dance music that features two tracks by Turku.
music by Turku, Helm, Domba!, Gypsy Caravan, Tim Rayborn, Solace, Earthbeat
Professional dancer Carrie Konyha has released an instructional dance video that features music from Turku's "Alleys of Istanbul" CD. Turku's music is used throughout the video, as it is suited to both cabaret and tribal styles. Check out The Dance volume 2

In Denmark, Dud Muurmand and Gypsy Mystique released a performance video including pieces set to Turku's music.

Most recently, the lovely Miho of Japan has created a dance DVD that includes a performance to Agri Dagindan Uctum.


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