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One of the delights of Istanbul is İstiklal Avenue, which leads through to the Galata district consumed mostly by music shops of every persuasion, literally a mecca for musicians! It comes with a deep and rich history, going back to the earliest bridge built to cross the Golden Horn in the 14th century with fortifications [...]
Here’s a not so good photo of the oil-can guitar I’d seen at the African Music Store. Chris Rainer, a musician from Cape Town now living in Melbourne said, “those oil can guitars are pretty cool yes. good price too here they’ re about 800 dollars. they’re handmade actually just outside cape town.” Given they’re [...]
