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Lovers of Rebetika - Constantinople - Smyrne - New York & Chicago

Lovers of Rebetika - Constantinople - Smyrne - New York & Chicago

FromLovers of Rebetika


Lovers of Rebetika - Constantinople - Smyrne - New York & Chicago

FromLovers of Rebetika

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Oct 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week we will focus on some recordings by Marika Papagika in New York and also Kyriaki Kapsali, both had emigrated to New York in the early 1900's . 
Kyriaki Kapsali was born in Constantinople in 1878 and emigrated to New York with her husband in 1914, they also set up their own company Panhellinion Records. 
Released:
Oct 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (45)

This podcast will delve into the world of Rebetika, each week your host Con Kalamaras will have a new episode covering this genre. Rebetiko is story telling spanning love, loss, drugs, and heart-breaking refugee tales. Rebetiko has always been the music of the poor and the dispossessed, combining different musical styles of the region and with lyrics describing the joy, the sorrow, and the difficulties of everyday life. Often called the Greek blues, like the blues, it grew out of a specific urban subculture and reflected the harsh realities of an oppressed subculture's lifestyle.