Category: Rebetiko of the day
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Stella Haskil: I’m burning, I’m burning
Stella Haskil was the daughter of a well-to-do Jewish-Greek family, who discovered her voice…
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Bayandera, written by Grigoris Asikis
Istanbul-born and trained Grigoris Asikis was an oud player and singer who, after moving…
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Daizy Stavropoulou: My princess
Daizy Stavropoulou came to the scene late in the classic era of rebetiko. After…
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Antonis Diamantidis (Dalgas): The Baglama Broke
Antonis Dalgas, as he is best known, was already an established singer when he…
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To a Little Girl, written by Yiovan Tsaous (Yiannis Eitziridis)
Reportedly, only a dozen songs by Yiovan Tsaous were recorded before he stopped writing…
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Yiannoula from Liesia, written by Spyros Peristeris and Minos Matsas
Like several of the other classic era rebetiko composers, Peristeris was an accomplished musician…
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Kostas Roukounas: The Crisis
The first time I heard this song, on an album by the group Kompania,…
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Stelios Keromytis & Daizi (Daisy) Stavropoulou: Without Hope I Hurt (Double Sorrow)
I wonder how many people have heard a rebetiko recording by Stelios Keromytis and…
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Stellakis Perpiniadis: Hear the News, Duce
This one is special, coming as it does, on the eve of one of…
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Why I Smoke Cocaine, written by Panayiotis Tountas
Panayiotis Tountas was a composer of hundreds of songs, and in his work with…
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