ROAD TO REMBETIKA Music of a Greek Sub-culture

Rembetika, Greece' s urban folk music, which became the basis for its present day popular bouzouki music, could be paralleled to the blues of America. This book, written by an ethno-musicologist who lived for several years in Greece, is an enthusiastic personal account of the genre and an introduction to its sociological and musical bases. It also includes a selection of song lyrics in Greek and English. Ilustrated.