Author: Mark Hamilton
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Sotiria Bellou: We Broke Up One Evening
Sotiria Bellou, born on the island of Evia in 1921, moved to Athens in…
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Last Night at Our Teke, written by Stelios Chrysinis
Stelios Chrysinis was important to rebetiko and Greek popular music for almost three decades.…
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Marika Ninou & Stelios Keromitis: Tell Me Why You’ve Changed
In a too-short career, Marika Ninou recorded 174 songs, singing the music of the…
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Giorgos Katsaros : Why Don’t You Tell Us
Giorgos Katsaros’s life spanned almost a century of rebetiko music-making — he played his…
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Zacharias Kasimatis & Antonis Dalgas: The Two Bullies
Guitarist, singer and composer Zacharias Kasimatis — the first voice you hear on the…
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Agathonas Iakovidis: Drunk and Stoned
The reappearance of classic rebetiko in the 1970s was led by a generation of…
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You’re Giving Me a Hard Time Again, written by Kostas Karipis
Kostas Karipis (real name Karipopoulos) was another one of the accomplished musicians who arrived…
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A. Kostis: Dizziness Overcomes Me
Today’s song is an oddity, one of a dozen rebetiko songs, played on guitar,…
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In My Darkness, written by Vasilis Tsitsanis
There’s little doubt that Vasilis Tsitsanis was a musical genius. After he arrived in…
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The Rover of Piraeus, written by Dimitris Barousis (ManMan sitting), lyrics by Nikos Mathesis
Dimitris Barousis — nicknamed Lorentsas — was one of the older rebetiko musicians and…
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