Songs of Love and Faith

By Brian Cullman, eMusic Contributor

Everyone has a story like this. Or at least they should. I'm on the outskirts of Istanbul, late winter sometime in the early '90s, looking for a way back to Taksim Square. It's cold, sun going down, and there are no taxis. There's so much soot in the air from the coal everyone burns that it's hard to see, and even harder to breathe. I turn a corner and there's music coming from nearby, a voice… more »