…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…

Tribute: “The woman in rebetiko and folk song”

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 Spyros Goumas and the “Parapetamenoi”. Wednesday, March 9, 2016, “Aliko” cultural center at Psiri Square.

A musical journey on Greek Urban popular song: Rebetiko, Smyrna song

A musical journey on Greek Urban popular song: Rebetiko, Smyrna song and related Genres. Organized by Tomer Katz for a group of Israel. With live music by solist Spiros Goumas and the rebetiko ensemble “Parapetamenoi” (neglected ones). December,4 2015 “ARION” Hotel, Athens Greece.

Seminar / Concert Rebetiko: The Greek Urban Folk Music of the 20th Century

Seminar / Concert Rebetiko: The Greek Urban Folk Music of the 20th Century. In 30 April 2015 we had a tribute to the Rebetiko song at the Bosporus University, invited by the MIAM ILHAN USMANBAS Hall, Istanbul and in 1st and 2nd May 2015 we played two concerts at the Gitar café Kadıköy, Istanbul

Rebetiko’s Footprints in Piraeus Neighborhoods

“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 Gallery and September 15, 2014 at the Museum’s garden of Greek Folk Instruments. The texts material collected and presented by Thanasis Vlahos. Spyros Goumas: music editing, bouzouki and song, Kostas […]

Concert of the 11th high school-Nikaia

Concert of the 11th high school-Nikaia with the participation of the dancing group, the choir of the same school as well, with the supervision of the musician Nikos Grigoriadis and the musical group “Paratapamenoi” with the bouzouki master Spiros Goumas. The concert took place on June 14, 2014 at Nikaia’s Garden Theater and was dedicated […]

Music events

Music events March 10, 2013 and September 20, 2013 in collaboration with the Egaleo Municipal’s Philharmonic, the Choir and the Dance Group of the Hellenic Center for Folk Studies EL.KE.LA.M, “Parapetamenoi” played rebetika songs in central square of the city and “Alexis Minotis” theater respectively.

Urban folk music (rebetiko and folk song)

A seminar for four consecutive Sundays, from January 13, 2013 to February 3, 2013, at “Fivos Anogianakis” Museum of Greek Folk Music in collaboration with the Association of Friends of the Greek Folk Music Museum. The main subject of the seminar was a historiography of rebetiko and cover 4 periods Smyrnaean heritage, “Piraeus” period, Censorship […]

From Homer to Markos

June 19 and 20, 2011 at the hall of “Parnassos Philological Association”. The aim of the presentation was focused on the unity of Greek music from antiquity to the present period. The effort supported with a Byzantine Choir, a group specialized on traditional music and our rebetiko group “Parapetamenoi”.

Proceedings of the rebetiko seminar-meetings in Skyros

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.