Author: Mark Hamilton
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Argiris Vamvakaris, I was born to hurt
Musically, Argiris Vamvakaris can be a hard man to get hold of. When you…
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Harilaos Kritikos, The Gambler
Before rebetiko fed its influence into the popular urban music of Crete, largely through…
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Traditional: The children in your neighbourhood
Just as the line between rebetiko and the laiko that followed it are (very)…
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Babis Tsertos, At Linardos’ tavern
Born in a mountain village in the Peloponnese, Babis Tsertos was headed for a…
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Fotis Vergopoulos, For you, my black-eyed one (with Rebetien)
In Athens in May 2013, we repeatedly came across two young guys playing rebetiko.…
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Yiorgos Tzortzis, But What Am I Doing, I Love You?
I’m not sure there is a Greek name more mellifluous than Yiorgos Tzortzis; it…
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Dancing zeibekiko
We don’t often associate early rebetiko with dance music but – to a degree…
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Angeliki Palagoudi, Wherever You Are, Don’t forget, with Thodoros Kavourakis
There was a push-pull relationship between Greece and the United States when it comes…
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Apostolos Kaldaras, The Mangas Go for a Walk
Apostolos Kaldaras, one of the great Greek composers of the 20th Century, was born…
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Haris Alexiou, Lili the Mischievous Girl
Haris Alexiou (born Hariklia Roupaka in Thebes in 1950) has one of the world’s…
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