

With a voice as supple, emotive and aching as the native instrumentation of kemençe, bağlama, and tulum that often accompanies it, Selçuk Balcı is one of Turkey's most luminous modern folk talents. His recording career only began with 2011's Patika, but his velvet-lined pipes and caressive turn of phrase quickly made him a household name. Prepare to enjoy some of the gentlest songs of heartbreak to arise from the Black Sea.