…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…
Press publica: George Makris, Spyros Goumas: “The minore of Amerika” by George Kiousis – April 27, 2018.
View the full interview here
In March 2019, a musical tribute was held for the Greek musician from Constantinople Gregory Asikis entitled “Blooming path your Music …” at the “Underflow
Tribute entitled “Rebetika of War and Occupation”. In October 2019 and 2020 at the Multicultural Center “Dieleusis” was held a Tribute entitled “Rebetika of War
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
Music night at the 1st street Market Sellers celebration entitled “The Feast of Feelings” with the rebetiko band “Parapetamenoi” with the participation of the master
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.
Press publica “George Makris: Rebetiko seminar in Skyros” by George Kiousis February 23, 2016
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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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.