…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…
ERT 3 (national range TV network) tribute to the 100 years since the birth of Markos Vamvakaris. 26/2, 5/3, 12/3 and 19/3/2005 Participants (G. Makris, K. Papadakis, Daniel Koglin, G. Charatsis, Ph. Karababa) and Swedish musicians Leif Erikson, Lena Swenson and Robert Fols.
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
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
Interview to flash.gr and George Kiousis January 13, 2020. A presentation of the activities of the musical form of “Parapetamenoi” by Spiros Goumas, musician and
Presentation of the work of the “Parapetamenoi” in Rebetika and Smyrna songs at 105.5 in “red” 13/1/08 by Stelios Elliniadis.
On Saturday 23/4/22 12.00-1400 Themis Rodamitis and George Makris in the radio show of Themis Rodamitis “Our city” of “Voice of Greece” present the journey of Greek music in America that accompanied the Greek immigrants to their difficult journey in the late 19th and first half of the 20th century. Do not miss it!
Interview on “Rebetika of War and Occupation” by George Kousis in press publica October 25, 2018 and October 22, 2019 View the full interview here
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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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.