Author: Mark Hamilton
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They call me names, lyrics by Despina Arbatzoglou
We’ve briefly met Despina Arbatzoglou once before as the tobacco factory worker who married…
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Yiota Lydia: What can I do, you’re handsome
Yiota Lydia is credited with 550 releases at the web site Discosg.org. She’s best…
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About that word rebetiko
This was interesting: while researching a song the other day, I came across a…
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Stelios Kefalas, The castles of Yedi Koule
Every so often while listening to music or researching the performers and composers, I’ll…
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Mihalis Daskalakis, Athens and Piraeus
Sotiria Bellou is the singer on this 1953 recording, but I’m interested in the…
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Giorgos Kamvisis, The mapmaker
The development of a native recording industry in Athens in the 1930s was key…
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In the tavern with the laterna, written by Menelaos Mihalidis
I haven’t been able to find much about Menelaos Mihalidis. I found his name,…
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Where can I find a woman who looks like you, lyrics by Kostas Kofiniotis
Kostas Kofiniotis was one of Greece’s leading lyricists of the 20th century and, while…
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Yiannis Spachanis, Mother I can’t
Mother I can’t seems to be one of the first two rebetiko songs recorded…
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This is how I want you, written by Lazaros Rouvas
Lazaros Rouvas, born in northwestern Greece in 1985, was a versatile composer and musician.…
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