…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…
Radio interview of George Makris of “Parapetamenoi” at “105.5 on red” 22-11-2019 by Thanasis Lazaridis on the radio program “The remains of a Day”.
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
A full-length interview on the activities of “Parapetamenoi” given by George Makris in the e-magazine of the POLITISMOS website – MUSEUM OF GREEK HISTORY active
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
Live media interviews: “The music company of Parapetamenoi” by George Kiousis May 13, 2017 View the full interview here
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
Presentation of the music band “Parapetamenoi” in “Rebetiko song” by George Kiousis December 31, 2018. 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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.