The US wasn't the only place where there was pot smoking going on in the cracks of society. This compilation of Greek Rembetika music, "Rembetika - manges, Passion, Drugs, Jail, Disease, Death: Songs of the Greek Underground 1925-1947 " traces the roots of the music that became one of the national treasures of Greece.
some links:
- The album is released by Klang Records.
- Long reviews of the album from "All About Jazz".
- More info about rembetika on the page "Rembetika and Greek popular music".
- Article from The Guardian written by James Sclavunos (of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
- Rembetika - a Brief History.
- There's a book about the subject: "Songs of the Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition".
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