About the music

Here is more information about some of the music we play on Dancing With the Infidels with links to other web sites.

Lamma Bada - VERY popular, also known as "Lamma Bada Yata Thanna" (among other names)

• Hear a freaky version on the SHIRA.NET mega-site ... or on hadeth.com [MIDI]
• See a page with lyrics
• Source for seven different recordings ... from a playlist for a show on NY Public Radio

Sepastia Bar - Hear another version as a piano lesson [MIDI]

Tafta Hindi - See a set of English lyrics. We're now performing this with lyrics!
 
Üsküdar - Also known as "Katibim (Uskudara Gider Iken)"

• Visit a researcher's page and hear a sedate version [AU]
• Listen to a haunting version with vocals on turkishmusic.org - go down to the section "Istanbul Folk Music" ... it's over four minutes long!
• Hear a perky "lounge" version [MIDI]
• Read an article about the song on useless-knowledge.com which includes lyrics in Turkish and English

Listen to sound clips from this CD!