Aπό ξένο τόπο & Üsküdara Giderik’en - Greek & Turkish Song

Violin by Alaa M, kanun by Gökhan Saraç, vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a reworking of an earlier arrangement I made when I first started this channel, which can be found here: This is a very common song in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean, with virtually ever culture there having a version in their language. The exact origin is uncertain, and while the angry nationalists in every culture ferociously claim its theirs, as evidenced by the documentary “Whose Song is This?”, it is most likely that it was, from the very beginning, a mixture from the cultural melting pot of the late Ottoman Empire, having emerged in the 19th century. My arrangement features an oud, kanun, violin and accordion, all shared instruments within the Greco-Turkish musical continuum. Lyrics in Greek and translation: Aπό ξένο τόπο κι απ’ αλα&