…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…
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”.
“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
“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
The Cultural center dieleusis with the music group “Parapetamenoi”, the Association of Greek Arts and Evmaros Publications in collaboration with City of Athens Culture, Sports
Thanasis Lazaridis “Efsyn” newspaper 3-8-2019. View the full interview here
A very interesting interview with Spyros Goumas, in the web magazine “Klika” on September 2017.A multi-dimensional and multi-thematic discussion, which goes from his personal memories
Press publica: George Makris, Spyros Goumas: Tribute to the great folk composer Dimitris-Gogos Bayanderas by George Kiousis, November 24, 2018 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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.