Kadıköy
Drums and clarinets
A couple of clarinet players valiantly trying not to be drowned out by the drummers in the Kadıkoy market.
Zeytinler (Olives)
More music in Kadıköy
Musicians heard in the street market in Kadıköy, on the Asian side.
Street art
Street art in Kadıköy.
Fish seller
Live from the Kadıköy market.
Bağlama in Kadıköy
Clarinet in the market
A clarinet player in the Kadıköy market area.
Simit vendor
This is the call of the simit vendor, walking down my street in Kadıköy in the morning. He carries a tray of them on his head. Simit is a round bread product, sort of like a cross between a bagel and a soft pretzel, and covered in sesame seeds. You can get simit practically everywhere in Istanbul.
Kanun taksim
More live music from a Kadıköy restaurant, as heard in the street. This is part of a taksim (improvisation) performed on a kanun. Once again, the street is a noisy environment for music, and this recording suffers from the additional noise of a futbol game that was being watched on many screens by many fans in many nearby restaurants.