Once an underground rebel sound, the wailing “Greek blues” known as rebetiko has been embraced by young musicians both in Greece and in the Greek diaspora, including the members of the Greek Rebetiko ...

ATHENS, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Over a century since it was first played at cafes and tavernas of the poor on the Greek mainland and the Greek-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, rebetiko, dubbed the ...

Over a century since it was first played at cafes and tavernas of the poor on the Greek mainland and the Greek-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire, rebetiko, dubbed the Greek blues, has now been ...

2 Natalie Bassingthwaighte and More to Star in WAITRESS Australian Premiere 3 Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Rob Mills and More to Lead WAITRESS Australia Premiere Rebetiko Festival will take over ...

Our guest in this week's edition of World Music Matters is young Franco-Greek singer Dafné Kritharas. Definitely one to watch, she talks to RFI about her new album Djoyas de Mar, a captivating ...

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Markos Vamvakaris "returns" to Syros for the 2nd Rebetiko Music Festival that takes place on the Greek island of Syros from the 30th of August till the 3rd of September. Syros is the birthplace of ...

Rebetiko afficionados will have the opportunity to binge on rebetiko or "Greek blues", as it is known in Australia, on Saturday March the 10th in Melbourne's Recital Centre. Pliri Νtaxei, an up and ...

The Greek musical genre rebetiko was inscribed on UNESCO’s 2017 representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage during its annual meeting held in Jeju, Korea, Ekathimerini reported. According to ...

Wikipedia defines Rebetiko primarily as “a term used to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek folk music”. These variants have been grouped together since the 1960s, the time of the ...

Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2017 shows young street musicians performing rebetiko songs in central Athens, capital of Greece. Over a century since it was first played at cafes and tavernas of the poor on ...

GREEK REBETIKO MUSIC RISES FROM MARGINS TO UNESCO'S LIST. Young street musicians performing rebetiko songs in central Athens, capital of Greece, on Dec 18, 2017. Over a century since it was first ...