The Rough Guide to Greek Café

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
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released30 August 2010
GenreWorld, Greek
Length122:15
LabelWorld Music Network
Full series chronology
The Rough Guide to Latin Funk
(2007)		 The Rough Guide To Greek Café
(2010)		 The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungarian Gypsies
(2008)
Complete list

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

Disc one
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Sto Patihraki"Kristi Stassinopoulou2:59
2."Athivoles"Hainides4:27
3."Ilie Mou Iliaki Mou"Papa-Anastasis5:48
4."Thalassa Lypisou"En Chordais3:49
5."Andras Pou Den Ekatehe"Psarantonis5:11
6."Pehlivanis"Thanasis Papakonstantinou4:53
7."Kelome Se Gongila"Nena Venetsanou2:13
8."Hilia Prosopa"Sokratis Malamas & Melina Kana2:46
9."Kanarini Mou Glyko"Dilek Koç4:23
10."Maisa Selini"Nikos Papazoglou3:45
11."Rixte Sto Yiali Farmaki"Sofia Papazoglou5:25
12."Kontrabatzidhes"Lesvos Aiolis3:08
13."Dos Mou Piso Ta Louloudhia"Apsilies5:44
14."Tatvla"Mode Plagal & Vosporos7:45
15."Ston Eptalofo"Himerinoi Kolimvites2:11

Disc two

All tracks on Disc Two are performed by Dimitris Mistakidis, a rebetika guitarist.[4]

No.TitleLength
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
  1. "Marc Dubin". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  2. "The Rough Guide to Greek Café". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 Jan 2013.
  3. Sole, Deanne. "Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Greek Café". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 Jan 2013.
  4. "New Digital Album: Introducing Dimitris Mistakidis". World Music Network. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
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