From: NC, United States
Genre: World, Turkish, Silk Road
TURKU plays "300 Year Old Rock & Roll From The Seat Of Civilization," high energy village music from the western half of the Silk Road: Persia, Kurdistan, Caucasus, Anatolia, & the Balkans. TURKU has performed for audiences as large as 25,000 people and as far away as Samarkand, Uzbekistan. TURKU's music has received international radio play, and their performances have been televised around the world. TURKU is noted for their high energy concert performances, having crowds on their feet dancing from the first drumbeats.