…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…
In January 2019, a tribute was realized for Yiannis Papaioannou entitled ” I travel with your taximi!” at the Greek Music Center “Fivos Anogianakis”. Collection and presentation of the material by G. Makris and music editing by Sp. Goumas.
Two-hour radio interview at “105.5 in red” by Thanasis Lazaridis 26-7-2019 with talk and live rebetiko music with “Parapetamenoi”
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!
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
“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
Live media interview “Parapetamenoi” May 14, 2017 for the international rebetiko seminar-meeting in Skyros Island by George Kiousis. View the full interview here
Press publica George Makris: «The nostalgy of a rebetis» by George Kiousis March 21, 2016 View the full interview here
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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.