Category: Rebetiko of the day
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Thanasis Athanasiou, Hours and minutes
We are past the time when the old rebetes, the singers and players who…
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Kitsa Korina, Magissa Matsaragissa
There are people I wish I knew more about. People such as Kitsa Korina…
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Vangelis Perpiniadis, Cry for me, friends, cry for me
There are a handful of rebetiko “families” – siblings who performed together or separately,…
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Jim Apostolou, The manga from Votaniko
Given his prominence as a performer in America – a discography of more than…
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Rena Dalia, Unfair, unfair
Beginning in the 1950s, Rena Dalia charted a course across popular Greek music that…
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Giorgos Manisalis, When he smokes, don’t talk, with Giorgos Mitsakis
The failed Greek invasion of Anatolia that led to the Greek-Turkish population exchange and…
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Giorgos Lafkas , You stabbed me, with Ioanna Georgakopoulou
Giorgos Lafkas had a long and fruitful creative career that extended beyond rebetiko: some…
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Mairi Janet, My eyes have seen much, with Markos Vamvakaris
Between 1949 and 1956, Mairi Janet released at least 16 recorded sides, performing with…
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Nikos Kallergis, I was lost, I was lost, with Mariko Ninou
Nikos Kallergis, born in 1916 in Constantinople, appeared regularly in recorded rebetiko, beginning in…
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Estoudiantina (The Citizens), Deceptive woman
This may not sound much like a rebetiko song: plinky mandolins, piano and a…
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