(((folkYEAH!))) presents Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek with special guests Damma Damma! Tuesday, August 5th Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm $20 in advance / $25 day of the show 21+ *Tickets go on sale Friday, March 7th at 10am PT* Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek are internationally recognized for their unique and infectious sound that combines Anatolian folk with psychedelia, pop and soul influences. They have released two albums and one EP since their start in 2014 and have been touring extensively throughout Europe. The band is fronted by Hamburg-born singer and bağlama player Derya Yıldırım. Despite being multilingual, Yıldırım exclusively sings in Turkish: “It’s really important to me because that’s the language I can really express myself in, it’s my emotional language” she explains. Graham Mushnik (organ, synthesizers) and Antonin Voyant (guitar, bass, and flute) are both members of outer-national collective Catapulte Records, known for their cinematic, groovy atmospheres — a clear influence on Grup Şimsek’s sprawling, vintage-tinged compositions. Capetonian drummer Helen Wells has introduced her own style and sensibilities from the South African DIY and psychedelic scenes into the live set since 2022. Newly signed to Big Crown Records, with their third full length being produced by Leon Michels (El Michels Affair) and extensive worldwide tour plans on the books, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek will soon be reaching new ears around the globe. DAMMA DAMMA Damma Damma is a musical collective of cinematic soundscapes rooted in psychedelic jazz-inspired rock music. Based in California with members hailing from Pennsylvania, Lousiana and Northern California,   their musical influences are as varied as the places they were raised. Their influences educate their unique variety of rock music with a cinematic feel that is retro and modern at the same time.   Raised on the evolving landscape of rock, R&B, soul and punk rock, they manage to blend instruments of jazz such as vibraphone, flute, saxophone and piano together with the rock blueprint of drums, bass, guitar and keys that recall elements of late 60's and early 70's musical adventures that explored mixing genres freely.