Clandestino Podcast

Derya Yıldırım

Clandestino Podcast Season 1 Episode 21

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Derya Yıldırım is a singer, songwriter and bağlama-player known for her work together with Grup Şimşek. On two albums and a long series of EP:s, this quartet creates captivating songs filled with deep emotions and high degrees of danceability. Turkish psych-rock, synth pop, funk and jazz are some possible references. A fundamental part of Grup Şimşek's music however, is Anatolian folk music – something that Derya Yıldırım first learned to love through her parents, who migrated from Turkey to Hamburg in Germany as guest workers.