Η ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ ΣΤΗΝ AMERIKΗ (1918-1947)
FOLK MUSIC IN AMERICA
Afi Falirea/Pop Eleven, 1987, AF 91
As for other folk musical traditions, the USA played an important role in the recording and diffusion of thousands of 78RPM for the local communities as well as for the original ones. I think that the word ''rebetiko'' was found for the first time ever written on such a shellac. Here Jim Palis helped by Sam Chianis has gathered all sorts of Greek music from the mainland, the islands and Pontos. Most of these recordings were made in Chicago and New York except for tracks B3 and B7 made in Athens. Some names are quite famous to the connoisseurs like Alexis Zoumbas and Marika Papangika. Clarinet of course is quite present along with some lyra, violin and tsambouna playing. Also released as an LP.
The label was founded by the Falireas brothers, Pop Eleven being a branch of it.
Thank you very much Herve!! Almost every release from brothers Falireas are valuable. In this cassette we have a unique instrumentation!!!! in track B3 Sta Salona. Greek Traditional Music with xylophone...A nice surprise from the producer of the 45rpm disk who..maybe ..didn t find a santur player :)
ReplyDeleteI agree totally with you : these brothers had a good ear for music and a good nose for business; I was never desappointed in the recordings I got from them. As for the xylophone it is surely a rarity; there are some example in klezmer music especially in early recordings. Hervé
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