Forcione, Antonio & Cenk Erdoğan: Storytellers (Vinyl LP)

"When we first played together, it felt less like a collaboration and more like a conversation."

- Antonio Forcione

Music transcends words. It carries memory, emotion, and imagination in a language we all understand. With Storytellers, Antonio Forcione and Cenk Erdoğan invite you into that language - one shaped by the strings of two guitars, a shared Mediterranean sky, and a friendship that spans decades.

Twenty one years ago, they met in Istanbul — one as a teacher, the other a student — both drawn to the same impulse: to tell stories through music. Life led them in different directions until their paths crossed again in 2019. From the first notes, it was clear: their musical connection was instant and deep.

Together, they create a unique sound: earthy and ethereal, rooted and exploratory. Antonio, called “the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar,” transforms his instrument into a percussive, melodic storyteller, while Cenk introduces the rich microtonal language of Anatolia through his fretless guitar, evoking ancient echoes in a modern voice.

Each track in this album carries a personal story — fragments of childhood, reflections on love, cultural memory, longing, resilience, and joy. Some are gentle whispers; others are fiery dialogues. But all of them speak to the universal experiences that make us human.

Let the stories unfold.

1. Folk Song for Two
2. Da Capo
3. Children of the World
4. 4 Hands on the Table
5. Petals in the Ashes
6. Dilemma
7. Nena
8. Leaving Home
9. Turning Pages
10. Luna