Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek are an Anatolian psych-pop band with a global point of view. Formed in 2014, they include German singer and bağlama player Derya Yıldırım; two French musicians, keyboardist Axel Oliveres and bassist Antonin Le Gargasson; and since 2022, South African drummer Helen Wells. Their music reimagines the traditional Turkish folk music […] The post Anatolian psych-pop band Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek make their Chicago debut appeared first on Chicago Reader.