Paula Darwish

Although a songwriter in her own right, Paula Darwish has become more well known in recent years for her unique and captivating interpretations of Turkish and Kurdish folk songs. Her group, The Country and Eastern Band successfully fuse modern arrangements of Anatolian folk with original songs in English. Their unique sound with its diverse eastern and western influences, relies on a careful balance of the familiar with the unknown. Born in Northern England to an English mother and Jordanian father