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1	Putumayo Presents: Greece Music Odyssey (2004) more music like this by Various Artists With the Olympic Games in Athens on the horizon, this is probably the first of many Greek compilations during 2004. And Putumayo is certainly well-versed in compilations. There are some fairly well-known artists here, from George Dalaras, who's one of the country's superstars, to Melina Kana and beyond. Certainly for most listeners, virtually all ... see all copies from $6.52! new only from $13.37!
2	Putumayo Presents: Music from the Wine Lands (2006) more music like this by Various Artists Lovingly compiled as expected, Putumayo's Music from the Wine Lands collects 13 tracks from the world's premier grape-growing regions and includes extensive liner notes -- in Spanish, French, and English -- that delve into both the artists and the local wines. Putumayo finds a nice balance between budding contemporary artists like Australian jazz ... see all copies from $11.15! new only from $13.37!
3	Mediterranea: Songs of the Mediterranean (2000) more music like this by Savina Yannatou Yannatou is a wonderful singer, with a rich, sensual voice and a masterful gift for interpretation. This collection finds her sampling songs from Greece, Sicily, Tunisia, and the Middle East into an exotic and beautiful whole. She is backed by the Primevera en Salonico Ensemble, who utilize such instrumentation as tamboura, kanonaki, daouli, and ... see all copies from $69.95!
4	The Rough Guide to the Music of Greece (2001) more music like this by Various Artists This welcome addition to the Rough Guide catalog shines a light on a country whose music has largely been ignored internationally, and proves that, within the borders of Greece, the musical traditions are complex and marvelously rewarding. Thankfully it's not solely focused on modern-day artists, but frames them in the context of the past, with ... see all copies from $8.79! new only from $9.44!
5	Sumiglia (2005) more music like this by Savina Yannatou If ever there were a seamless collaboration between a recording artist and a producer, this one is it. Greek vocalist Savina Yannatou and her band Primavera en Salonico make their ECM studio debut with Sumiglia, produced by label head Manfred Eicher. Eicher signed Yannatou in 2002 and issued the live Terra Nostra in early 2003. That recording ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $15.61!
6	The Ugly American (2003) more music like this by Mark Eitzel Call Eitzel many things, but predictable is not one of them! I mean, really, going to Athens, Greece, and re-recording his old American Music Club songs in Greek style with local musicians? What's up with that? After making a well-received but actually disappointing excursion into electronic pop, then recording a whimsical, fun but unessential ... see all copies from $13.72! new only from $15.30!
7	Music of Northern Cyprus (2006) more music like this by Various Artists From a cultural troupe made of a mix of young musicians and technology and architecture students, this album is a sweeping collection of Turkish Cypriot dances, recorded at the Drummondville festival in Quebec in 2005. The works are primarily of a Turkish vein, though there are predictably some additional influences to be heard, particularly small ... see all copies from $11.23! new only from $13.64!
8	Tamburitza! Hot String Band Music (2007) more music like this by Various Artists Tamburitza! is a double album collecting a huge number of recordings from the 78 archives of Eastern European music in America. The majority of the recordings were made by groups after having come to America, and there is a bit of a focus in the song selection on the interplay between cultures that came about as a result. The recording quality ... see all copies from $18.91! new only from $22.28!
9	Best of Greece, Vol. 1 (2001) more music like this by The Athenians see all copies from $11.40! new only from $11.40!
10	The Greatest Songs Ever: Greece (2006) more music like this by Various Artists Complete with an eggplant on the cover, Greatest Songs Ever: Greece is a compilation of both folk and pop music that reflects Greece's place in the world. Stamatis Kokotas' "Stou Profiti Ilia" sounds like any Western European pop song from the '60s, while Giannis Kalatzis' "Jamaica" has clear Eastern European influences. Kalatzis also has another ... see all copies from $11.87! new only from $16.11!
11 view cover	Rembetica: Historic Urban Folk Songs From Greece (1992) more music like this by Various Artists This is a welcome collection. There are some musical and conceptual cavils, but each is more than balanced by a strength. Some of the cuts are far from their singers' best, and The Papaioannis piece is plain unworthy. But there's a great deal of fine music from unfamiliar as well as familiar artists (including the first recorded bousouki solo -- ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $14.52!
12 view cover	O Erotas (1995) more music like this by Angelique Ionatos see all copies from $12.84! new only from $14.52!
13 view cover	Rembetika: Greek Music from the Underground (2006) more music like this by Various Artists Thanks to the crazy music fans at JSP in England comes this packed four-disc overview of rembetika, the true music of Greece's underworld. Rembetika has an interesting history. Its origins are not exactly known, and are traced back in various labyrinthine ways to the mid-19th century. In 1911, the word "rembetico" appeared on a record label, and ... see all copies from $22.49! new only from $25.71!
14	Mia Thalassa (1994) more music like this by Angelique Ionatos see all copies from $12.84! new only from $14.52!
15 view cover	Rembetiko & Popular Music from Greece (1998) more music like this by The Athenians see all copies from $8.89! new only from $12.20!
16 view cover	Syrtaki Dance From Greece [1998] (1998) more music like this by Athena The Syrtaki folk dance is a recent innovation. It was created for the film Zorba the Greek, and no, that is not a joke. Syrtaki is a hybrid or pastiche of two more traditional dances, first a slow one, then a fast one. It caught on in Greece, where folk dance is still popular, and has given rise to a musical genre to accompany it. Presumably the ... see all copies from $6.53! new only from $6.53!
17 view cover	Greece (2004) more music like this by The Athenians see all copies from $5.87! new only from $9.67!
18 view cover	Music of Greece (2000) more music like this by Callie Kalogerson see all copies from $4.10! new only from $6.17!
19 view cover	Simsim (2003) more music like this by Ensemble Fizfuz Modal music. To a jazz enthusiast, this term refers to John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Yusef Lateef, Joe Henderson, and other masters of post-bop improvisation. But modal (or scalar) playing was around long before jazz, which probably started with Buddy Bolden in the 1890s before blossoming in the 20th century. Modal playing has been part of world ... see all copies from $3.24! new only from $5.74!
20 view cover	D'Un Bleu Tres Noir (2001) more music like this by Angelique Ionatos Angélique Ionatos is a Greek singer produced by the French label Naïve. As far as I know she is unknown on the American side of the Atlantic. Her songs and her voice are melancholic and languorous, reminiscent of some other Mediterranean women singers. I am thinking in particular of the Portugese singer Bevinda. She has a similar feminine ... see all copies from $11.46! new only from $19.58!
21 view cover	Greek-Oriental Rebetica-Songs & Dances in the Asia Minor Style:The Golden Years 1911-1 (1991) more music like this by Various Artists This is a wonderful introduction to one of the great 20th-century urban musics. Not only does it include both famous names (Papasideris and Abatsi, who are widely reissued elsewhere) and names otherwise entirely obscure, but it has excellent notes in English. It's even more important now that the Greek EMI recordings have become so hard to find. ... see all copies from $12.21! new only from $15.33!
22 view cover	Alas Pa Volar (2003) more music like this by Angelique Ionatos see all copies from $12.84! new only from $14.52!
23 view cover	Canto General (2002) more music like this by The Athenians see all copies from $10.22! new only from $10.22!
24 view cover	Old Greek Songs in the New Land 1923-1950: In Foreign Lands Since My Childhood (2002) more music like this by Amalia Amalia, whose real name was Mazaltov Matsa, obviously had to sing. A Greek born in Turkey, she immigrated to America while still 14 and within a few years was married. But her husband divorced her (and sent one of her daughters back to Greece) after she began singing professionally. These sides are culled from recordings she made in the 1920s and ... see all copies from $12.41! new only from $15.30!
25 view cover	Vasilios Saleas (2000) more music like this by Vasilios Saleas see all copies from $10.77! new only from $11.65!

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