Hot Days, Hot Nights, Hot Jazz
What place do you think of when you think of jazz? Maybe dim blue clubs in New York…
February 19, 2015
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Hidirellez: Istanbul’s Most Raucous Night
Last year, I heard about a festival on Istanbul’s Golden Horn full of gypsy bands and all-night dancing;…
June 23, 2014
Mad Trombones & Surreal Sousaphones: It’s HonkFest!
Guca was not my first trumpet festival. For the three-and-a-half years before I moved to Istanbul, I lived…
October 11, 2013
I Survived The Guca Trumpet Festival
I dreamed of Guca for months before the festival ever began. But dreams and reality inevitably take different…
October 10, 2013
A Practical Guide to the Guca Trumpet Festival
I discovered the Guca Trumpet Festival through some fortuitous online searching. I couldn’t resist it– a days-long festival…
October 8, 2013