…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.
Presentation of the music group of “Parapetamenoi” and live recording in the music bar “Makari”. TVC (private TV channel) 27/1/2005. in the program of George
Tribute: “The woman in rebetiko and folk song”. Organized by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality and the Equality Research Center. With the bouzouki solist
“The Other World” November 1, 2016, Anna Faltaits, Vice President of the Museum “Manos and Anastasia Faltaits” presented the work of the journalist Konstantinos Faltaits
“Once Upon at Lemonadika” (2019-2020) a story on the “Lemonadika” square of Piraeus with poor devils, rebetes, with ambitions of simple, everyday people without colours
“Once Upon at Lemonadika” a story on the “Lemonadika” square of Piraeus with poor devils, rebetes, with simple ambitions, everyday people with low profile… and
“The Minore of Amerika” (2018-2019) A musical-theatrical performance that records and sings the timeless adventure of our people, with songs that accompanied Greek immigrants to
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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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.