It was another music night to remember at Woolwich Works. On Friday, the 3rd of March, Arsenal of Sounds took us on a journey through Turkey and the Middle East, featuring two incredibly talented London-based singer/songwriters, Olcay Bayir and Noga Ritter. The double-bill performance was a beautiful blend of Kurdish,...
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Rhythm Passport holders, welcome on board for another two-hour long journey in music From the RTM.FM runway, we are ready to take off with the February episode of Rhythm Passport Presents and for once, we will point our antennas towards a music region instead of our usual round-the-world adventure We...
Our next Arsenal of Sounds event is only one week away! Join us on Friday the 3rd of March, at Woolwich Works’ newly revamped Cafè Space for an evening of Middle Eastern, Turkish, and Mediterranean sounds. This event will feature two exceptional musicians, Olcay Bayir and Noga Ritter, who are...
Oh yes, we had quite some fun at the latest Arsenal of Sounds… We danced, embraced the “sacred rhythmic fire” and enjoyed amazing Afro-infused music. But when you have the opportunity to welcome on stage two acts like Mulele Matondo’s Matondology Riot and Seby Ntege & Band, what else can...
What we always look forward to doing with Arsenal of Sounds, our monthly event series exploring and presenting music and London-based musicians from all over the world, is to inspire and hearten its audience through wide-ranging notes, lyrics and rhythms. …and we couldn’t possibly look for a more fitting line-up...
For this episode of Rhythm Passport Presents, we tried to compress, squeeze and cram 12 months’ worth of notes, rhythms and sounds from all over the world in roughly 120 minutes. Of course, we had to leave our far too many quality tunes. Still, we tried hard and did our...
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She might have been based in London since she was a teenager and been enriching its music scene since the early 2010s, but Olcay Bayir is still one of the most refined and dedicated interpreters of the Anatolian tradition. Her style is a contemporary take on her Turkish-Kurdish roots. Born...
Olcay Bayir, a London-based singer-songwriter of Turkish-Kurdish descent, recently released a live rendition of her single ‘Asude’, extracted from her new EP Inside – Icerde. The song features Argentinian guitarist and producer Ignacio Monteverde and Turkish saz virtuoso Murat Sığırcı. “This song is about accepting lost love. ‘Asude’...
