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The debut album from Dogan Mehmet
A collection of traditional and original songs and tunes drawn from Turkish and English traditions and given a highly original flavour by the unique and talented Dogan Mehmet.
Released on the Hobgoblin Records label Summer 2009.
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The debut album from Dogan Mehmet
A collection of traditional and original songs and tunes drawn from Turkish and English traditions and given a highly original flavour by the unique and talented Dogan Mehmet.
Released on the Hobgoblin Records label Summer 2009.
Click through for more details.
FORTHCOMING GIGS
04/09/10
: PURBECK Folk Festival
04/09/10
London: Magpie's Nest in QEH Front Room (South Bank Centre London)
12/09/10
: SCARBOROUGH - Acoustic Gathering 5
20/12/10
: Monday Monday Folk Club CAMDEN, London
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04/09/10
: PURBECK Folk Festival
04/09/10
London: Magpie's Nest in QEH Front Room (South Bank Centre London)
12/09/10
: SCARBOROUGH - Acoustic Gathering 5
20/12/10
: Monday Monday Folk Club CAMDEN, London
See Full List
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Look forward to your tweets
best wishes
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Press Quotes:
"One couldn't engineer a better response to the theft of the people's music than Dogan Mehmet... whose debut shines" - Stewart Lee, Sunday Times
"this Striking Debut" - Simon Broughton, Evening Standard
"A thrilling shape shifting debut" - Metro
"Robust of voice with an explosive fiddle style , Mehmet energetically expresses his multicultural roots in a cogent and colourful combination of both the English and Turkish traditions...His band The Deerhunters also perform with relish throughout - scattergun rhythms and all...It's an album with a big heart, plenty of muscle and a fair bit of flair...and it won't be ignored easily." - Colin Irwin, FRoots
"Dogan Mehmet...gives a roaring fanfare for multicultural Britain, merging Anglo-Turk traditions with relish and conviction...whether in full Turkish mode, re-jigging English trad or concocting his own potent mixture of the two, it's a remarkable debut" - Mojo Magazine
"Dogan Mehmet is a British folk original...A promising start from a talent to watch." - Songlines
"Dogan took the Audience on a European journey with his resonant voice and rhythmic dance music" - BBC Radio 2
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