Radyo 7 Türkü

Türkü isn't a genre you dip into. It's a lineage. Radyo 7 Türkü treats it that way, programming the long Anatolian arc from Aşık Veysel's lone saz recordings through Neşet Ertaş's bozlak rasp and on to Selda Bağcan's electrified '70s experiments. The core of the schedule is voice and bağlama, sometimes just those two things. Uzun hava passages stretch out for minutes, all breath and ornament, and the station resists the urge to cut them short. Good. That's the point. Where it stumbles is variety. Long stretches stay in a mournful register, ağıt after ağıt, and casual listeners might find the m…