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Rebetiko reflections
I started my rebetiko-of-the-day venture six months with the Markos Vamvakaris tune Your blue window. Since then, I’ve featured 180 or so different composers, musicians and singers, with links to as many songs. The journey has been revealing in a number of ways, most particularly in my understanding of what this music is. Rebetiko will…
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Rebetiko reflections
I started my rebetiko-of-the-day venture six months with the Markos Vamvakaris…
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Babis Bakalis, Give me, my God, tears
Lambros ‘Babis’ Bakalis was one of the most successful commercial composers…
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Thanasis Evgenikos, Many wronged me
A post at rebetiko.sealabs.net lists 129 songs that Thanasis Evgenikos recorded…
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Dimitris ‘Mitsos’ Arapakis, Memetis
Santouri player and singer Dimitri’s ‘Mitsos’ Arapakis was a major artist…
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Manolis Karapiperis, Sokiani zeibekiko
In 1929, Manolis Karapiperis became one of the earliest musicians to…
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Vangelis Prekas, Crack the walls
Vangelis Prekas – lyricist, bouzouki player, composer and singer – is another…
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