On February 22, 2016 I visited gramophone and record collector Wayne Dempsey at his home in the suburb of Chatswood…

Το «Κούνα, Μπέμπη» – πούστικο ρεμπέτικο της φυλακής “Kouna, Bebi” – homosexual rebetiko song from the prisons On 17/7/1973, folklorist…

In 1972, the Greek folklorist Elias Petropoulos was awarded a seven month jail sentence for publishing the world’s first dictionary…

The following is a translation that I have made from a chapter in Elias Petropoulos’ ‘Rebétika Songs: A Folkloric Study’,…

Today I visited the old Columbia Records factory in the Athens suburb of Rizoupoli [Ριζούπολη]. The first of its kind…

Known professionally as “Clem Dawe”, Clement Edward White (ca. 1905 – 1955) was part of the English theatrical White family.…

1950s/60s Singing Walkabout, Ernabella Aboriginal Choir. EMI, 1966. (12″ LP).   Hermannsburg Choir on Tour, Hermannsburg Choir. Davan, 1967. (12″ LP).  In Need of…

It’s always great to receive correspondence or comments on posts I’ve made here on Amnesiac Archive. I was recently contacted…

The name Hōhepa Porourangi has little resonance today. Compared to popular Māori singers like Ana Hato and Deane Waretini, Porourangi…