Re: misirlou

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

More insights welcome here...Dalaras has actually recorded some Sephardic 
repertoire, but Glykeria has not to my knowledge.

Best,

J

At 11:33 PM 1/6/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Edwin Seroussi wrote a very insightful about that whole phenomenon,
>called Musica Mizrachit, dealing with not only the George Delaras,
>Glykeria cult but also the other neo-eastern styles which you can buy or
>hear en masse at the Tel Aviv bus station... Josh Horowitz
>
> > Come to think of it, I have heard some Yiddish music enthusiasts (commonly
> > known as Klezmer Geeks) criticize Israeli music as being unauthentic 
> and too
> > Western sounding. I wonder if some Israelis have been attracted to 
> Greek folk
> > music because it has more of the Eastern folk music to it, compared to what
> > some people call Israeli "fakelore."
> >
> > Josh
>
>



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