Description:
Contemporary traditions of world music, with an emphasis on acoustic folk and classical traditions are presented with information about the land, culture and history of the people. Kutay Derin Kugay brings music and culture from distant lands to Bay Area audiences, including occasional live musicians and guest scholars in KPFA's studios. A broad spectrum of world music is honored in this program, from Asia to Africa to Eastern Europe, Southwest Asia, the Mediterranean and everywhere inbetween.

Credits:
Kutay Derin Kugay is a graduate of Art and Film studies at San Jose State University. He started with composing music for his films, worked in Germany and Turkey in films and has been collecting music for over 40 years. He has taught at San Jose Community College and worked at Stanford University. First at KUSF, then at KPFA in 1987-88, Kutay began with a monthly program called Music of Afro-Asia, then a weekly program, Music of the World, on Mondays. Being of Laz national descent he loves the furious rhythms of Caucasus, Arabic lullabies, Persian and Indian classical, Greek blues and Turkish/Kurdish/Armenian/Balkan chants. Kutay Derin Kugay is the co-founder and program director of the San Francisco World Music Festival and is owner of 7/8 Music Productions, a San Francisco based record label and international concert production company.