Recorded in Bretagne, France and released on 20 November 2020 'Songs of Dis… Read Full Bio ↴Recorded in Bretagne, France and released on 20 November 2020 'Songs of Disenchantment: Music from the Greek Underground' is an album of Greek 'street songs' in the Rebetiko style.
"I first heard, what only many years later I finally came to know as Rebetiko music, in the Greek cafes and tavernas of suburban Melbourne in the late seventies.These places were predominantly the local social hubs of Greek migrants who had been coming in successive waves to Australia since the late 19th century and during the day were often populated by groups of old men playing backgammon and sipping ouzo whilst listening to laika and rebetiko music.
"As it happens I too had been a migrant to these southern climes from England some years earlier and as good fortune would have it our means of conveyance for the six week long voyage was an old Greek ship called the ‘Ellinis’. It was on board this ship that my own personal musical odyssey began when I first learnt to play the guitar.
"Over the years my love for ‘all things Greek’ has run somewhat unabated and especially with regard to Rebetiko music. I have amassed a considerable collection of recorded music, traditional instruments and memorabilia over the years that would eventually give me the inspiration and valued education required to be able to record some of these wonderful songs.
"The fact that there has been virtually no recorded versions of Rebetiko songs sung in English was also a great surprise to me and was ultimately the prime motivator for me to share these songs with an English speaking audience as well as pique the curiosity of the die hard traditionalist."
(Brendan Perry, Bretagne, France 2020)
Tracklist; (inspiration source and Greek title in brackets)
Bring Me a Cup of Wine (Poli Panou 'Ferte Mia Koupa Me Krasi')
Gypsy Girl (Giorgos Batis 'Yiftopoula')
In the Basement (A Kostis 'In The Cellar - 1930')
The Hash-den Owner (Spiros Peristeris 'O Tekedsis')
O Memetis (Dimitris Arapakis 'O Mementis')
In the City’s Hammam (Anestos Delias 'To Haremi Sto Hamam')
Tonight in Your Neighbourhood (Stella Haskil, Athanasios Evghenikos 'Apopse sto dhiko sou mahala ')
You Were Barefoot (A. Kostis 'Isouna Xipoliti')
The Pickpockets (Papazoglou, Stellakis 'I Lachanades')
Christos, Play the Bouzouki (Prodromos Tsousakis, Marika Ninou 'Christos Play The Bouzouki')
A playlist of the sources is available on Brendan's page on Spotify.
"I first heard, what only many years later I finally came to know as Rebetiko music, in the Greek cafes and tavernas of suburban Melbourne in the late seventies.These places were predominantly the local social hubs of Greek migrants who had been coming in successive waves to Australia since the late 19th century and during the day were often populated by groups of old men playing backgammon and sipping ouzo whilst listening to laika and rebetiko music.
"As it happens I too had been a migrant to these southern climes from England some years earlier and as good fortune would have it our means of conveyance for the six week long voyage was an old Greek ship called the ‘Ellinis’. It was on board this ship that my own personal musical odyssey began when I first learnt to play the guitar.
"Over the years my love for ‘all things Greek’ has run somewhat unabated and especially with regard to Rebetiko music. I have amassed a considerable collection of recorded music, traditional instruments and memorabilia over the years that would eventually give me the inspiration and valued education required to be able to record some of these wonderful songs.
"The fact that there has been virtually no recorded versions of Rebetiko songs sung in English was also a great surprise to me and was ultimately the prime motivator for me to share these songs with an English speaking audience as well as pique the curiosity of the die hard traditionalist."
(Brendan Perry, Bretagne, France 2020)
Tracklist; (inspiration source and Greek title in brackets)
Bring Me a Cup of Wine (Poli Panou 'Ferte Mia Koupa Me Krasi')
Gypsy Girl (Giorgos Batis 'Yiftopoula')
In the Basement (A Kostis 'In The Cellar - 1930')
The Hash-den Owner (Spiros Peristeris 'O Tekedsis')
O Memetis (Dimitris Arapakis 'O Mementis')
In the City’s Hammam (Anestos Delias 'To Haremi Sto Hamam')
Tonight in Your Neighbourhood (Stella Haskil, Athanasios Evghenikos 'Apopse sto dhiko sou mahala ')
You Were Barefoot (A. Kostis 'Isouna Xipoliti')
The Pickpockets (Papazoglou, Stellakis 'I Lachanades')
Christos, Play the Bouzouki (Prodromos Tsousakis, Marika Ninou 'Christos Play The Bouzouki')
A playlist of the sources is available on Brendan's page on Spotify.
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Songs of Disenchantment: Music from the Greek Underground
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