Category: Rebetiko of the day
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Giorgos Vidalis: My Maritsa, My Doll
Before 1930 and the establishment of record production facilities there, Athenian music-makers were recorded…
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Apostolos Hatzichristos: The Complainer
Apostolos Hatzichristos was one of a number of young musicians who emerged near the…
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The Flood, Markos Vamvakaris (x4)
Today’s entry is different: a deepish dive into Markos Vamvakaris’s The Flood that shows…
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Anna Pagana (Politissa): From Evening to Morning
This is an interesting piece: a classic rebetiko song written by a mainstream composer…
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Kostas Dousas: The Trawler
When I Googled Kostas Dousas, I got plenty of hits but not much biographical…
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Vangelis Sofraniou: The Hashish Smokers
Vangelis Sofraniou, who studied Byzantine music in Smyrna and served as a cantor at…
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The flea, written by Stavros Pantelidis
Stavros Pantelidis was another of the highly-trained musicians who arrived Greece after the destruction…
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Amalia Baka: You Told Me to be a Manga
Mally (for Mazeltov) Matsa was Jewish teenager from Ioannina when she arrived in New…
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Dimitris Mystakidis: The West
Dimitris Mystakidis, born in 1970 in Thessaloniki, is a profoundly thoughtful and accomplished modern…
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Apostolos Nikolaidis: I’m a Mangas
Apostolos Nikolaidis, born near Thessaloniki in 1938, was one of the laiko stars of…
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