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Roza Eskenazi
Rembetissa
Genres: Folk, International Music

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Rast Gazel
2. Ousak Mare
3. Mes' tou Zambikou ton teke
4. Ferte Birres
5. Aravi Ousak Manes 'Derti Ke Pono Apoktisa'
6. Yiati Foumaro Kokaini
7. Stamboul Ousak Mane
8. Hariklaki
9. Yinome Andhras
10. Konialis
11. Dhodheka Chronon Koritsi
12. Barberaki
13. Yiannoula
14. Me Zournadhes Ke Dauolia
15. Yiannousena
16. 'Ouzo, hasis'
17. O Xenitevmenos
18. Mes' to Vathi Skotadhi
19. Tou Psara o Yios
20. To Gri Gri
21. Ta Dhika Sou Ta Sfalmata

CD Details

All Artists: Roza Eskenazi
Title: Rembetissa
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rounder
Release Date: 7/10/2009
Genres: Folk, International Music
Styles: Europe, Continental Europe
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 011661108028

Synopsis

Album Description

Where are my looks? Where is my great beauty? In Athens there wasn't another such as me I was a doll, yes really, with a lot of class I'm not telling fairy tales, I drove people crazy But I got mixed up with a mortis (tough guy), a first-class mángas (hash smoking dude) Who took what I had and left me He took my heart, my youth, my money And for my heartache, I take cocaine" Roza Eskenazi, who recorded from 1930 into the 1950s, is remembered today as one of Greece's supreme vocal talents. This collection of 21 "songs of love, sorrow and hashish" were recorded between 1931 and 1947 and feature some of the finest Greek musicians of the era. The album was compiled, annotated, transliterated and translated by Charles Howard, and includes notes by world music authority, Dick Spottswood.

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CD Reviews

Such a voice

Nels Lindberg | Seattle, WA United States | 07/26/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Rembetic music isn't something you hear often. If you have ordinary musical tastes, your chances of hearing rembetiko are on par with your chances of being struck by lightning. If you like things that are just a little strange, you could still live your whole life and never hear of it. For the uninitiated, rembetiko kind of like the blues, in that the themes are mostly the same: hard-luck women, no-good men, drinking, hashish and poverty. It sounds a bit like other Greek music, although often more mournful. Rosa Eskenazi has a beautiful voice. Often, in the slower songs, the accompaniment will fall silent to let her sing alone for an entire verse. Of course, it's a pity that these tracks were made at a time and place when the recording quality wasn't the best. However, like the best old records this one has soul, and transcends its limitations. Only four stars were awarded because there were a handful of tracks I didn't care for."