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 ...

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 ...

Rebetiko Festival will take over Melbourne Recital Centre for one day in March with two extraordinary ensembles from Greece: Pliri Ntaxei and Chrysoula K & Purpura and a collection of Greek Australian ...

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 ...

Alex Kapranos leads this tribute show to rebetiko master Markos Vamvakaris Markos Vamvakaris was a man fully conversant with his own myth. In the 1930s he transformed Greek music by popularising the ...

Following a sold-out debut, Estudiantina of Melbourne and the Mande Blues Ensemble return to the Melbourne Recital Centre on Thursday 23 July with an expanded program that deepens one of the city's ...

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 ...

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 ...

A special Sunday night of pre-War Rebetiko and Greek folk featuring the 'Laiki kithara' (folk guitar) and violin at Jamboree, welcoming the fantastic Zeeya! Zeeya are a dynamic, experimental ...

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 ...