…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…
Presentation of the work of the “Parapetamenoi” in Rebetika and Smyrna songs at 105.5 in “red” 13/1/08 by Stelios Elliniadis.
“Once Upon at Lemonadika” a story on the “Lemonadika” square of Piraeus with poor devils, rebetes, with simple ambitions, everyday people with low profile… and
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
In January 2019, a tribute was realized for Yiannis Papaioannou entitled ” I travel with your taximi!” at the Greek Music Center “Fivos Anogianakis”. Collection
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
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
At the portokaliradio program “Memories of Sounds” 4-2-2016 Kostas Giannakopoulos hosted George Makris on the occasion of the event “Footprints of rebetiko in Piraeus neighborhoods”.
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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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.