Rebetiko
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Rebetiko, plural rebetika, occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used to designate previously disparate kinds of urban Greek music which in the 1930s went through a process o
Rebetes in the Karaiskaki Square, Piraeus (1933)
Dimitrios Semsis (violin), Agapios Tomboulis (oud) and Roza Eskenazi (voice), the Smyrna Trio (Athens, 1932)
Trixordo or three course (three double string) bouzouki
Markos Vamvakaris
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Markos Vamvakaris, was a Greek musician of rebetiko, universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Markos. The great significance of Vamvakaris for the rebetiko is als
Rebetiko
…It was not until October 1932, in the wake of the success of Halikias' New York recording, which immediately met with great success in Greece, that Markos Vamvakaris made his first recordings with the bouzouki. These recordings marked the real beginning of the bouzouki's recorded career in Greece, a career which…
Markos Vamvakaris
Members of The Famous Quartet of Piraeus, (l. to r.) Stratos Pagioumtzis, Markos Vamvakaris, Yiorgos Batis and Anestis Delias.