Black Fortress of Opium

Black Fortress of Opium

Black Fortress of Opium

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  • Slow Burn

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Black Fortress of Opium

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Cambridge, MA's evocatively named Black Fortress of Opium took their moniker from the English translation of a real place: the historic Turkish town of Afyonkarahisar, which famously sits atop a towering volcanic outcropping, and was surrounded, in centuries past, by verdant fields of poppy. As a result, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, mandolin, melodica, flute, field recordings, etc.) Ajda the Turkish Queen (who hails from Houston, TX), guitarist Tony Savarino, and drummer Joe Turner draw some of their inspiration from Middle Eastern traditions, which are then met...
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