Greek music

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Everett True
back from Rocking Horse, where I just purchased eight CDs of underground Greek music from the early 20th Century... there's nothing like an impulse buy
01 December at 13:19 · Comment · Like

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Everett True
some nice sounds, but blimey I wish I could understand the language.
01 December at 14:41 · Delete

Jack Sargeant
is this the stuff Warren was talking about in the Guardian a few years back? Have you heard the Sicilian Folk music CD released in, maybe 92 or 93, or songs which, as near as I can remember, were mostly about revenge.
01 December at 14:46 · Delete

Everett True
maybe. don't know. i was watching some Greek dude with Mr Ellis and Mr Cave at ATP in Jan, but it can't be him cos he's still alive...
01 December at 14:48 · Delete

Jack Sargeant
Sorry, wrong Bad Seed, sorry it was Jim. He wrote this piece in The Guardian :

I remember the Greek band at ATP, they were truly great. ...
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01 December at 14:54 · Delete

Everett True
oh yes, damn they were good. and yes, it's absolutely that music Jim was writing about. it's really excellent. Rembetika - two box compilations of the stuff.
01 December at 15:05 · Delete

Jon Dale
hey everett, are they those JSP label boxes? they're amazing.
01 December at 16:28 · Delete

Everett True
yep, that's the ones
01 December at 17:48 · Delete

Charlotte Thackray
gulp - oh lordy whatever next!
01 December at 19:15 · Delete

Phil Bradley
there's a great book called 'the road to rembetika' by an australian lady called gail holst. It's packed with great stories and english translations of some of the lyrics. if you can find it!
01 December at 21:45 · Delete

Everett True
thanks Phil. I'll see if I can track it down
01 December at 23:41 · Delete