Lovers of Rebetika

This week we delve into the recordings of Marika Politissa , born in Constantinople 1900, we also listen to the beautiful voice of Rita Abadzi and Rosa Eskenazi . Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras This week we will focus on some recordings by Marika Papagika in New York and also Kyriaki Kapsali, both had emigrated to New York in the early 1900's .  Kyriaki Kapsali was born in Constantinople in 1878 and emigrated to New York with her husband in 1914, they also set up their own company Panhellinion Records.

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras This episode we delve into some songs from Ioanna Yeorgakopoulou , Stella Haskil & Sofia Karivali.  Rebetiko ( ρεμπέτικο), plural rebetika (ρεμπέτικα , occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which have come to be grouped togeth...

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras This week we delve into some rare recordings from Manolis Hiotis, listen to the heartbreaking violin playing of Alexis Zoumbas and also the beautiful singing of Demitris Arapakis. Once again we visit rare Rebetiko recordings made in New York in the early 1920s. 

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras In this episode of Lovers of Rebetika, we delve into some rare gems that we're recorded in New York including a rare piece from Ioannis Papaioannou from the early 1950's , we listen to a rare track from renowned Lyra player Lambros Leondaridis recorded in 1931 to name a few. The Lovers of Rebetika podcast series aims t...

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras Peristeris was born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. His parents were Aristides, a famous musician who originated from Athens, and Despina (née Bekou) who was a Corsican Greek and an Italian citizen. Peristeris learned to play the mandolin from a young age. Around 1914, his family moved to Constantinople where Peristeris graduated f...

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras This week we once again delve into instrumental pieces from 1905 -1935, many of which are the original recordings of that have since been re-recorded and have become a staple in modern Greek music. 

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras In this episode, we dip our toes into some rare instrumental pieces from Greece - covering the period of 1905-1935.

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras In full flight, Vassilis Tsitsanis released hit after hit from 1946 onwards and his music lifted the spirits of a country reeling from the devastation of World War 2. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered as an extraordinary composer and bouzouki player. This podcast episode delves into the pre-war period...

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras Vassilis Tsitsanis 18 January 1915 – 18 January 1984. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Rebetiko and Laiko music. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered as an extraordinary composer and bouzouki player. This podcast episode delv...

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras Undoubtedly three of the most influential trailblazers in the world of Rebetika, Marika Papagika , Roza Eskenazi and Rita Abadzi.  Marika Papagika distinguished herself from most of her contemporaries by virtue of her sweet soprano voice with its relatively high tessitura, her vocal timbre, somewhat reminiscent of Western clas...

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras Rebetiko probably originated in the music of the larger, mainly coastal cities in today's Asia Minor with large Greek communities during the Ottoman era. In these cities, the cradles of rebetiko were likely to be the hashish dens and coffee shops, and even the prison. There is a certain amount of recorded Greek material fr...

Support this podcast by becoming a patron ⁠www.patreon.com/ConKalamaras Apostolos Chatzichristos born in 1904  was a rebetiko singer and composer from Asia Minor who wrote the lyrics and music of many famous rebetiko songs which he also performed. Besides his own songs, he performed rebetika songs of other composers. He tends to be perceived in the shadows of his prominent prolific colleagues of t...

Kostas Skarvelis wrote hundreds of songs, of which over 200 (so far) have been identified in the 78 rpm discography. They were sung by the greatest singers of the interwar period such as Costas Nouros, Marika Franzeskopoulou (Tilitissa), Rita Abatzi (and her sister Sofia Karivali), Roza Eskenazy, Stellakis Permbiadis, Stamakos Vratzos Stratos , Antonis Dalgas, Grigoris Asikis, Costas Roukounas, Gi...

This episode will give the listeners an umbrella introduction to Rebetika. What is Rebetika? Often called the Greek blues, like the blues, it grew out of a specific urban subculture and reflected the harsh realities of an oppressed subculture's lifestyle. Although the origins of the music certainly stretch into the 19th century—and earlier— it was especially important and vibrant during the 20...