Μαρίκα Παπαγκίκα MARIKA PAPAGIKA - ZMIRNEIKOS BALOS (1928)

Emotional purity of Marika Papigikas keening voice, a bracingly authentic glimpse into a now largely vanished folk culture of early rebetica, also known as `Greek Blues’. anastenaso kai pono, lipoume kai dhakriso - den exo alon apo se ston kosmo na elpizo (i sigh in pain, i weep with rue - in all the world i have no hope but you). Marika Papagika, vocals; Athanasios Makedonas, violin; Kostas Papagikas, cembalo; Markos Sifnios, cello. Born 1890 on the island of Kos, Marika was one of the first generation