Tag: Laz music

The tulum, the goatskin bagpipe of Lazistan: how it is made, how it is played, and the place it holds in Laz weddings and horon dancing.

Kazim Koyuncu (1971-2005), the Che Guevara of the Black Sea: the iconic Laz musician and activist who became the voice of modern Laz identity.

Volkan Konak, the Black Sea singer whose music carried the sound of the eastern Black Sea to audiences across Turkey.

Birol Topaloglu, the Laz musician and researcher who collected and recorded the traditional tulum and kemence music of Lazistan.

The horon is the heartbeat of Laz culture: discover the fast circle dance of the Black Sea coast, its tulum music, regional styles and communal meaning.