…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…
From the broadcast of ERT «Odyssey» June 17, 2012 with Dora Anagnostopoulou. George Makris and Spyros Goumas were invited in an interview about the 4th Rebetiko Seminar in Skyros, July 15-22, 2012.
“The Nostalgy of a Rebetis” (2013-2017) Historiography of our rebetiko and folk music with a combination of pantomime and live music with the meeting of
In January 2019, a tribute was realized for Yiannis Papaioannou entitled ” I travel with your taximi!” at the Greek Music Center “Fivos Anogianakis”. Collection
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
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.
Thanasis Lazaridis “Efsyn” newspaper 3-8-2019. View the full interview here
Presentation of the music group of “Parapetamenoi” and live recording in the music bar “Makari”. TVC (private TV channel) 27/1/2005. in the program of George
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and sociological approach of the development of rebetiko song, the names of the musical scales (dromoi) in rebetika, historical references to the life and work of great composers, singers and skilled players of rebetiko (Thanasis Manetas, Costas Bezos (A. Kostis), Marika Papagika, Panagiotis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.