The Music in Turkey is very different to the music you here in the U.S. While I was on a bus ride from Istanbul to Cankiri we had the chance to watch T.V. On the ride there I watched this music channel which was kind of like MTV but that they played music videos all day long. Most of the music either ballads with rock music and then pop music with techno. One artist I particularly liked watching was this one girl name Bengu who was a pop singer. Her voice was husky but the beats to the songs were fun to listen. In turkey it is always about the drums and rhythm. Her looks reminded me of Katy Perry but her voice and gaze was like Fergie of the Black eyed Peas.
When we were in Cankiri we were invited to the Graduation celebration of the college students so me and the other students thought they would be playing American music, but instead they played traditional Turkish music all night with a live band and everything. Only once did they play a dance song but it was Turkish of course. We asked some of them if they knew american artists and they did but they still liked their music better, and who wouldn't? The traditional music is danced with a mixture of Greek and Spanish dancing which was fun.
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