East Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance
and
The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
In Partnership With the
THE HARLEM MUSIC FEST
&
Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theatre Group
Presents
“The Second Annual Hellenic Rembetika / Harlem Blues Concert”
Thursday, May 4th, 2017
Doors open at 6:00 PM – Concert
Show begins at 7:00 PM – Concert
St. Peter’s Church at Citicorp Center – 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
New York, NY 10022
FEATURING:
The Amfionas Orchestra, Tassos Papaioannou – Musical Director * with Guest Vocalist Anita Rogers*
The Amfionas Orchestra
Tasos Papaioannou- Musical/Artistic Director & (Guitar and vocals)
Ageliki Psonis (vocals)
Dimitris Samiou (Bouzouki)
Mavrothi Kontanis (Oud/Baglamas)
Panos Hrisovergis (Piano)
Richard Khuzami (percussion)
with Guest Vocalist Anita Rogers
Sandra Reeves Phillips & her trio doing “Great Ladies of the Blues”
Joey Morant & his band “Catfish Stew”
The ‘Blues” are universal in nature. The most broadly known and referred to style is the American genre which
stems from the African-American folk tradition. The Blues of the Eastern Mediterranean are
Rembetika. Rembetika is the name given to a style of music which emerged out of Greece and
the East Mediterranean region. Join us for a unique evening of musical bridge building and discovery including a grand finale jam session with EMBCA’s own EVP John Fotiadis, joining in on guitar.
This event has a general admission fee of $20.