Category: Rebetiko of the day
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Agapios Tomboulis: Dervish Dance
Agapios Tomboulis is probably best-down for one of the most used images from Smyrneika…
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Prodromos Tsaousakis: Sit Down and Listen to a Pauper
Prodromos Tsaousakis (born Prodromos Moutafoglou) started out as professional wrestler and fought with the…
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Yiannis Lembesis: Proper Sunset, with Ioanna Georgakopoulou
Researching these posts, sometimes I come across a bit of absolute joy. That’s the…
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Babis Goles: Marika of Smyrna
The late Babis Goles is one of those who kept rebetiko alive, performing old…
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Soula Kalfopoulou: What Should I Do When I Love You
Soula Kalfopoulou, as lead singer or accompanying vocalist, recorded dozens of songs through the…
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Five Greeks in Hades, lyrics by Kostas Manesis
Kostas Manesis came to prominence in the late stages of rebetiko, but was responsible…
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Dimitris Perdicopoulos: Damn You, America
Dimitris “Mitsos” Perdicopoulos recorded more than a hundred Greek songs in a variety of…
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Yianni’s Cup, written by Manolis Chrysafakis
Manolis Chrysafakis left behind a small but significant output of rebetiko songs from the…
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Ismini Diatsentou: Modern Widow
“I am the modern widow / who gets drunk in the tavern / and…
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Marko Melkon: Whatever you ask for you will find
Marko Melkon is one of the fascinating musicians of rebetiko. He was born Melkon…
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