…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…
Interview for Seminar-Meeting in Skyros” “105.5 in red” 23-06-2013 in the program of George Xylouris with songs and discussion in the live broadcast.
Live media interview “Parapetamenoi” May 14, 2017 for the international rebetiko seminar-meeting in Skyros Island by George Kiousis. View the full interview here
Seminar / Concert Rebetiko: The Greek Urban Folk Music of the 20th Century. In 30 April 2015 we had a tribute to the Rebetiko song
“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
State Radio 105.8 FM on 27/4/2001, 6/2/2002, 28/12/2002 and in May 2003 on the broadcast of Panos Savopoulos in a tribute of Vangelis Papazoglou.
In January 2019, a tribute was realized for Yiannis Papaioannou entitled ” I travel with your taximi!” at the Greek Music Center “Fivos Anogianakis”. Collection
Anthi and Alekos Tsakiris, grandchildren of Grigoris Asikis, together with the bouzouki master and music teacher Spiros Goumas and the music group “Parapetamenoi”, known for
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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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.