Birol Topaloğlu

Birol Topaloğlu
Laz musician Birol Topaloglu plays 'tulum'
Background information
Born	1965 (age 60–61)
Origin	Rize, Turkey
Genres	Folk, karadeniz music
Occupations	Singer, musician
Instruments	tulum, kemenche, bağlama
Label	Kalan Müzik

Birol Topaloğlu (b.1965, Pazar, Rize) is a Turkish folk musician and activist of Laz ancestry.

Discography

• Heyamo (1997)
• Aravani (2000)
• Lazeburi (2001)
• Lazeburi, No.2 (2001)
• Collaborations In Traditional Laz Music (2005)
• Ezmoce (2007)
• Destani (2007)
• Kıyı Boyu Karadeniz (2011)

Bibliography

• Eliot Bates: Social Interactions, Musical Arrangement, and the Production of Digital Audio in Istanbul Recording Studios. Dissertation. University of California at Berkeley 2008, S. 78f (bei google books)