The Rough Guide to Greek Café is a world music compilation album originally released in 2010. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the release covers a wide breadth of the music of Greece on Disc One, from traditional to modern. Disc Two highlights Dimitris Mistakidis. The album was compiled by Marc Dubin, a journalist specializing in Greece for the past three decades.[1] Brad Haynes coordinated the project, Laurence Cedar mastered the work, and Phil Stanton was the producer.[2]
| The Rough Guide To Greek Café | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 30 August 2010 | |||
| Genre | World, Greek | |||
| Length | 122:15 | |||
| Label | World Music Network | |||
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Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| PopMatters[3] |   |
| AllMusic[2] |   |
The album received generally positive reviews upon release. Both Chris Nickon of AllMusic and Deanne Sole of PopMatters noted the use of the word "café". Nickson described the title as somewhat of a "misnomer" and the compilation instead as "an introduction to Greek music, and a very good one" showing that Greek music is "richly alive".[2] Sole wrote that the compiler "favours forward movement", that "hardness is allowed", and that if it is indeed a "café" soundtrack, it is one "for mobs of 19th-century European aesthetes".[3]
Track listing
editDisc one
edit| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sto Patihraki" | Kristi Stassinopoulou | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Athivoles" | Hainides | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Ilie Mou Iliaki Mou" | Papa-Anastasis | 5:48 |
| 4. | "Thalassa Lypisou" | En Chordais | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Andras Pou Den Ekatehe" | Psarantonis | 5:11 |
| 6. | "Pehlivanis" | Thanasis Papakonstantinou | 4:53 |
| 7. | "Kelome Se Gongila" | Nena Venetsanou | 2:13 |
| 8. | "Hilia Prosopa" | Sokratis Malamas & Melina Kana | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Kanarini Mou Glyko" | Dilek Koç | 4:23 |
| 10. | "Maisa Selini" | Nikos Papazoglou | 3:45 |
| 11. | "Rixte Sto Yiali Farmaki" | Sofia Papazoglou | 5:25 |
| 12. | "Kontrabatzidhes" | Lesvos Aiolis | 3:08 |
| 13. | "Dos Mou Piso Ta Louloudhia" | Apsilies | 5:44 |
| 14. | "Tatvla" | Mode Plagal & Vosporos | 7:45 |
| 15. | "Ston Eptalofo" | Himerinoi Kolimvites | 2:11 |
Disc two
editAll tracks on Disc Two are performed by Dimitris Mistakidis, a rebetika guitarist.[4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stin Ipoga" | 6:19 |
| 2. | "O Seretis" | 2:45 |
| 3. | "Vouno Me Vouno" | 4:52 |
| 4. | "Mes' Ton Teke Tis Marigos" | 4:12 |
| 5. | "Dertilidiko" | 2:47 |
| 6. | "Erinaki" | 3:22 |
| 7. | "Gkiousel" | 2:48 |
| 8. | "O Bekris" | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Efoumername Ena Vradi" | 3:46 |
| 10. | "Trouba" | 3:40 |
| 11. | "Kontrabatzides" | 4:46 |
| 12. | "To Koukli Tis Kokkinias" | 3:13 |
| 13. | "To Servikaki" | 2:53 |
| 14. | "Teketzis" | 3:02 |
| 15. | "To Pedi Tou Dromou" | 3:11 |
| 16. | "Partides" | 2:47 |
References
edit- ^ "Marc Dubin". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ a b c "The Rough Guide to Greek Café". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 Jan 2013.
- ^ a b Sole, Deanne. "Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Greek Café". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 Jan 2013.
- ^ "New Digital Album: Introducing Dimitris Mistakidis". World Music Network. Retrieved 2014-01-30.