A great tribute to the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s & 1940s attempted for the first time in Greece, with Sonik's seal of quality!
We could also call it a "swing issue", because in those distant times it united the most disparate music lovers, leaving an indelible mark not only on the entertainment of the interwar period, but also on the memory of those who followed. The Athens of our time, which lives in its own "swing fever", is the best proof.
But here you will find the largest part of the musical life of Europe, America and Greece from the 1910s - just before the first great war ended the carelessness of the belle époque - until the end of the 1940s, when the Second World War will leave as planetary superpowers the USA and the Soviet Union. Including:
– throughout the Jazz Age, from Louis Armstrong and the "fever" of swing, to Charlie Parker's bebop
– the blues of Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters and many other greats of the genre
– our own rebetiko, from the Smyrna of Roza Eskenazi to the rise of Vassilis Tsitsanis
– the first soundtracks
– tracing the "grandfather" of rock 'n' roll to the first two generations of country music
– the "Lady Gaga of the interwar period" Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, but also Attic with Sofia Vembo and those who still starred in the rise of pop music in the United States, France, Germany and Greece (light singing)
– the adventurous passage of classical music from Romanticism to the modern world, with reference also to our own composers
All given in the context of the time, with special, evocative texts that illuminate both the social and technological developments of the times, which allowed e.g. the existence of discography, radio and talking cinema.