Album Review: Hope from Defne Şahin
Album: Hope Artist: Defne Şahin Label: Berthold Records Website: www.defnesahin.com www.instagram.com/defne.sahin www.facebook.com/defnesahingroup www.youtube.com/defnesahin Bridging the melodic influences of world pop, jazz, and ambient, vocalist Defne Şahin merges the poetry of British author Emily Dickinson with original music and lyrics on Şahin's 2023 release Hope. Her lyrics externalize thoughts about life and death, moving between introspection and melancholy, wrestling between embracing life and longing for loss and letting these feelings go. Culminating into an enchanting cauldron of hypnotic soundscapes as each track moves into the next. The Berlin-born vocalist of Turkish origin draws from her experiences living between New York, Berlin, and Istanbul. Inspired by the poems of Dickinson, the music intimates the highs and lows of life, offering insight into human existence and all its complexities. Şahin's glistening timbres produce an...