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[a cheese danish]

just wanted to say thanks for this station. my new favorite group is niyaz which i heard here first, so keep up the good work and great tunes, even if i cant understand anything being said.

[silentsport]

I'm very appreciative of the African and Middle Eastern offerings. (Niyaz hasn't come up for me, however.) More Cheb Mami, Natacha Atlas, Maryam Mursal and Matisyahu, PLEASE!

The All Music write-ups of the artists tend to be extensive. But for some, like Azam Ali, I'm disappointed to find "information unavailable." I suspect Slacker can't do much about this other than to ask the All Music folks to fill in the blanks.

[silentsport]

Please consider adding some Turkish pop. You can't go wrong with the likes of Tarkan, Sezen Aksu, Sertab, Mustapha Sandal ...

[silentsport]

A month since I last posted, I'm wondering if anyone's taken me up on my suggestions. I've been distracted by other Slacker stations, I admit. But would love to know if any Turkish pop – generally ingenious melding of traditional Turkish folk given a Euro-American gloss – is in the pipeline.

Also wondering if the programmer(s) are taking any cues from the new book Heavy Metal Islam: http://www.slate.com/id/2196194/

[onurd]

I agree that some turkish pop even maybe some "alaturka"/classic turkish will spice up this station.