When listening to the Turkish Derya Yıldırım , it only takes a few seconds before your soul is willingly wrapped up. This singer/multi-instrumentalist has a unique voice that radiates both melancholy and longing. Musically, she is accompanied by Grup Şimşek who excel in hypnotic Anatolian psych-pop. In other words: an unctuous mix of Turkish folk, grooves and psychedelics. Besides her own compositions, Derya Yıldırım  also performs gems by Turkish artists such as (protest) singer Selda Bağcan (fans: AB, DJ Lefto, 2ManyDjs,...), rock pioneer Barış Manço, Moğollar (founding fathers of Turkish folk rock) and Turkish poet Nazım Hikmet. During this 4th AB-passage they will present their latest album 'DOST 2', out via the excellent Bongo Joe (see also: Altin Gün, Lalalar,...)

A Liveurope concert:

The first pan-European initiative supporting concert venues in their efforts to promote emerging European music.