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OLCAY BAYIR Biography
☆☆☆☆ "...the queen of Anatolian song..." Heaven Magazine, Netherland, Pieter Wijnstekers, August 2024
“..one of the finest, most intriguing singers on the British world music scene, with a
style that reflects her complex history.” The Guardian, Robin Denselow, March 2019
Olcay Bayir is a British Anatolian-Kurdish singer-songwriter based in London. Her music is a blend of her original compositions and tunes rooted in Anatolian music heritage, reflecting her multicultural and multilingual background and history. Infusing Anatolian sounds with modern elements and her Kurdish soul, singing in Kurdish, Turkish, Armenian and Greek Olcay's music resonates with themes of survival, love and longing with contemporary dynamic urban influences.
Read More“..one of the finest, most intriguing singers on the British world music scene, with a
style that reflects her complex history.” The Guardian, Robin Denselow, March 2019
Olcay Bayir is a British Anatolian-Kurdish singer-songwriter based in London. Her music is a blend of her original compositions and tunes rooted in Anatolian music heritage, reflecting her multicultural and multilingual background and history. Infusing Anatolian sounds with modern elements and her Kurdish soul, singing in Kurdish, Turkish, Armenian and Greek Olcay's music resonates with themes of survival, love and longing with contemporary dynamic urban influences.
Anatolian
Contemporary Folk
Jazz
World Fusion
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