Rare 78's Heaven Part 1: Black Mirror Music
I first heard this heart-stopping song from 1919 by Greek singer Marika Papagika on Ian Nagoski's Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Music (a compilation released on the Dust-to-Digital label a few years ago). I have since tried to track down everything else the woman ever sang. Thankfully, Ian is already on the trail for us all, and will be releasing a new compilation of her music on his Canary Records label, an imprint of Portland Oregon's phenomenal Mississippi Records. You'll be able to get it here sometime in May.
Here are a few more tastes from Black Mirror, courtesy of Ian:
Nam Nhi-Tu, by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con (Vietnam)
Aayega Aanewaala, by Lata Mangeshkar (India)
Tjimploengan, by Nji R. Hadji Djoeaehn (Sunda-Java)
Listen to more outstanding recordings on his new blog and on-line radio show, fonotopia.
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