This blog post came about as the result of my interest in queer-themed recordings from the 78rpm era, an Australian … More
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Mike Sutcliffe’s Australian Record & Music Review – Contents Listing
The following blog post consists of a contents listing of the important Australian discographical research journal founded and edited by … More
Chasing De Sadeian Sound Recordings
This blog post is centered around sound recordings dealing with the life and work of the infamous French writer The … More
From the archives: the personal health records of Kostas Nouros
Part I – Introduction For over forty years, a document has sat in the rebetika song archives of folklorist Elias … More
Kostas Nouros’s “Ouzo” – newly discovered take
In mid-2019 I contacted Charles Howard, who is a renowned record producer, compiler and collector of rebetiko music. I requested … More
Hashish in Piraeus – by Francis Carco (1935)
When I visited the Barcelona museum of Hash, Marijuana & Hemp in September this year I came across an intriguing … More
The Boomerang Did Come Back: A Presentation of Musical Aboriginalia
The following paper was presented as part of the 2019 Sydney Folk Festival on August 17 at the Sydney Mechanics’ … More
Gil Dech & other early gay Oz recording artists
On February 22, 2016 I visited gramophone and record collector Wayne Dempsey at his home in the suburb of Chatswood … More
“Kouna, Bebi” – homosexual rebetiko song from the prisons
Το «Κούνα, Μπέμπη» – πούστικο ρεμπέτικο της φυλακής “Kouna, Bebi” – homosexual rebetiko song from the prisons On 17/7/1973, folklorist … More