The Bothy Fireman here. Lovely stuff. I did a google of Fazil Say - and he's in trouble. Going to trial on April 15th in Turkey for Blasphemy. Could end up in jail over there. Sad.
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Nice. Mind you I think his parents should have given him a sensible name before they gave him piano lessons.
ReplyDeleteTalking of which...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODZzSOelss
Indeed
DeleteMy own family suffered greatly from the awkward naming curse. What were my parents thinking?
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Yeah! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at some of the other stuff he plays, he certainly has an interesting take on the classics.
DeleteHi Al,
DeleteThe Bothy Fireman here. Lovely stuff. I did a google of Fazil Say - and he's in trouble. Going to trial on April 15th in Turkey for Blasphemy. Could end up in jail over there. Sad.
http://supportfazilsay.com/
Wow.
DeleteThanks for pointing that out. That is quite incredible. After a bit of searching about here's what the Telegraph says about it:
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It's desperately sad that the state is out to crush a musician just because he's not toeing the religious line.
Top stuff.
ReplyDeleteSo you will very much I expect be liking "Divenire by Ludovico Einsaudi" which will be heading to you on Monday.
There is heaps of stuff by Fazil Say on Spotify, inc Pictures at an Exhibition, which I will be checking out shortly.
Good find that sir....
And to give you a taster.
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And to keep you on your toes
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Ta for those, Andy
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