Καψουρομάγαζο

Greek folk music carries weight that casual listeners underestimate. Καψουρομάγαζο roughly translates to 'peppermint store' - a colloquial, almost untranslatable phrase that signals the station's relationship with Greek culture: specific, local, rooted in community rather than commerce. The station programs traditional Greek music: rebetiko songs from early twentieth-century Asia Minor refugees, folk material from islands and mountain regions, the bouzouki-driven material that defines what many assume Greek music 'is.' But the programming goes deeper than tourist-ready versions. These are auth…