Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues

Subject: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 08:37 AM

Listen now, you'll love it.

G

Subject: The Greek Blues
From: Emma B
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 09:00 AM

On BBC radio 4 now - and available on listen again

'Rock critic Peter Paphides goes back to Athens, the city where his parents grew up, to chart the history and roots of Rembetika, the Greek blues. Played on violins, ouds and bouzoukis and featuring extremely impassioned singing, Rembetika is the music of the lower classes in Greece and Asia Minor. Typical lyrics are concerned with lost love, impending death, hashish, sex, prison and gambling.'

Music Feature

Subject: RE: The Greek Blues
From: Emma B
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 09:03 AM

forgot to mention ...
repeated Saturday 12 July 2008 15:30-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 10:18 AM

Thanks for pointing that one out. I've been away for the past week, so I didn't get to see the Radio Times.

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 04:07 PM

Does anyone else like Dalgas (Andonios Dhiamandidhis)? He was an amazing singer from the 30s. Recordings are available on CD and are highly recommended.

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 04:15 PM

Just listening to this - I love Rembetika (and all things Greek!)

Joe G

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: GUEST,Ravenheart
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 04:23 PM

Dalgas is a wonderfully powerful singer. I have a collection of his music (and a few others') on the English Heritage label. They worked from the original metal stampers instead of some worn acetate disks, and the results sound really good.

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: Lord Batman's Kitchener
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 04:52 PM

Rembetika

Rembetika 2

Rembetika at Musical Traditions

I hope these prove useful to those unfamiliar with this incredible music

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 05:55 PM

You bastards!
I'm in heaven.
LB'sK, the first site is gorgeous, but the second one gave me all those wonderful MP3s...
George Dalaras is my favourite male voice. Anywhere. Any time. And Savopoulos and Nikos Papazoglou(both Thessalonikans like me, as it happens) my top contemporary Greek songwriters.
Thankyouthankyouthankyou.

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: Lord Batman's Kitchener
Date: 08 Jul 08 - 06:01 PM

Tip of the hat to you George. I was listening to those mp3's...absolutely incredible stuff! I must admit to being aware of rebetika but not knowing alot about the genre, I'm working my way through the websites as we all post. Amazing!

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: fat B****rd
Date: 09 Jul 08 - 03:52 PM

Great stuff ! On holiday in Crete some years ago I asked the host/bouzouki player at the nearest taverna about Rembetika - I heard about it from Ann and Ken at Red Lick Records - he was amaxed that anybody from England had heard about it and changed his repertoire that night, regardless of tourist requests, "Everything now is from the 20s and 30s" he yelled. Great night. On a trip further up the coast I went into a Cd shop and made enquiries. The pretty shop asistant seemed unsure so I asked for hashish smoking music and she actually reached under the counter and sold me two cd collections. After reading this I shall be playing them again. Great thread and good radio programme. Hopa !!

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Jul 08 - 04:07 PM

This is fascinating too, I thought I'd never heard of her but now keep finding I do have single tracks by her on different rebetika compilations and she's terrific. The radio show was very good, just listened on the BBC Player.

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: GUEST,Joe G
Date: 16 Jul 08 - 03:18 PM

I've stored these in my favourites for later listening/reading

Cheers

Joe G

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 17 Jul 08 - 06:17 AM

Great programme, I'm another fan, especially of Sotiria Bellou, the Bessie Smith & Billie Holliday of Rembetika.

RtS

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: GUEST,ak
Date: 17 Jul 08 - 09:58 AM

can someone please tell me how i can listen to this programme again as the programme is no longer available on bbc radio 4?

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 17 Jul 08 - 01:00 PM

Warning: Rant Alert!

I love rembetika, but I wish people, especially broadcasters and the people who write liner notes for CDs, would stop referring to every type of music and its uncle as "blues". "Blues" is "blues"; other genre's of music can be good without necessarily being called "Turkish blues" or "Moravian blues" or "Tierra del Fuegan blues".

Subject: RE: Radio 4 UK Now Rebetika, Greek Blues
From: Piers Plowman
Date: 17 Jul 08 - 01:08 PM

I might be wrong, but it doesn't seem to be available on Listen Again.