…Even our heart suffers and pains
is fully occupied and “drifted” by love
and with bouzouki and guitars
sings softly and sweet like a bird…
From the broadcast of ERT «Odyssey» June 17, 2012 with Dora Anagnostopoulou. George Makris and Spyros Goumas were invited in an interview about the 4th Rebetiko Seminar in Skyros, July 15-22, 2012.
“Rebetiko’s Footprints in Piraeus Neighborhoods”. 21 and 22, March 2014 we presented a tribute to the “Rebetiko’s Footprints in Piraeus Neighborhoods” at the Piraeus Municipality’s
In January 2019, a tribute was realized for Yiannis Papaioannou entitled ” I travel with your taximi!” at the Greek Music Center “Fivos Anogianakis”. Collection
Musical Presentation “Mortes-Koutsavakia-Magkes” in November 2017 at Multicultural center “dieleusis” with the help of digital and photographic material. Collection and presentation of digital material by
Radio interview of George Makris of “Parapetamenoi” at “105.5 on red” 22-11-2019 by Thanasis Lazaridis on the radio program “The remains of a Day”.
Seminar / Concert Rebetiko: The Greek Urban Folk Music of the 20th Century. In 30 April 2015 we had a tribute to the Rebetiko song
Radio interview by George Makris and George Charatsis on “Sports FM” Thanasis Lazaridis radio program at 19-4-2015.
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Proceedings of the rebetiko seminar-meetings in Skyros are posted on the website of the seminar. Among others you can find a historical and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis Tountas, George Mitsakis, Giannis Papaioannou, Costas Kaplanis), even for not famous but not less important musicians of the interwar period (Kostas Faltaits, Grigoris Asikis, Dimitris Atraidis, Giakoumis Montanaris, Costas Tzovenos, Stavros Pantelidis) but also personal information for the not famous Urban musicians.
Historical data for Mortes, Koutsavakia and Magkes. You can also find Fado and rebetiko social relationships, an interesting approach titled “women in rebetiko” by the rebetiko researcher Gail Holst-Warhaft, an approach to the dances of 9, information about the flowering of rebetiko in Piraeus, the imprints of rebetiko in the neighborhoods of Piraeus, the growth of rebetiko in Thessaloniki and of course the rebetiko in Finland as well as personal revelations how the rebetiko touches our soul.