Rebetiko Lounge Jam Sessions Sunday 26th November 2023 @ Music & Beans Shoreditch Free Event! Join us at our relaxed Rebetiko Lounge sessions for an opportunity to catch up with old friends, meet new ones and talk and play all things rebetiko and wherever else the mood takes us. No mics, no stage…just lounge about… Continue reading Rebetiko Lounge Jam Sessions 26-11
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Rebetiko Lounge Jam Sessions 29-10
Rebetiko Lounge Jam Sessions Sunday 29th October 2023 @ Music & Beans Shoreditch Free Event! Join us at our relaxed Rebetiko Lounge sessions for an opportunity to catch up with old friends, meet new ones and talk and play all things rebetiko and wherever else the mood takes us. No mics, no stage…just lounge about… Continue reading Rebetiko Lounge Jam Sessions 29-10
Rebetiko Lounge Jam Sessions 24-9
Rebetiko Lounge Jam Sessions Sunday 24th September 2023 @ Music & Beans Shoreditch Free Event! Join us at our relaxed Rebetiko Lounge sessions for an opportunity to catch up with old friends, meet new ones and talk and play all things rebetiko and wherever else the mood takes us. No mics, no stage…just lounge about… Continue reading Rebetiko Lounge Jam Sessions 24-9
Greek Roots Series: Vamvakaris revisited
Greek Roots Series: Vamvakaris revisited Saturday 8th July 2023 @ Green Note Book Now For our last event of the Greek Roots series, before summer holidays, we will be revisiting our tribute to Markos Vamvakaris. Before the sold-out closing event of the Rebetiko Carnival festival, we had a lot of tickets requests, so we believe… Continue reading Greek Roots Series: Vamvakaris revisited
Songs from foreign lands
Songs from foreign lands with Katerina Clambaneva, Gavrilos Kokonas and Pavlos Carvalho Saturday 10th June 2023 @ The Studio Theatre, BHASVIC 6th form college Τα τραγούδια της Ξενιτιάς (Songs from foreign lands) People have been leaving their homes for foreign lands over the centuries escaping war, economic crises, searching for new opportunities in the hopes… Continue reading Songs from foreign lands
Exploring the musical world of Skarvelis and Peristeris
The Art of the Taximi Understanding improvisation and modal scales, with Alekos Tsolakis, bouzouki Thursday 8th June 2023 @ The Cypriot Community Centre We will first introduce the tetrachords and pentachords (groups of notes) which are included within the basic folk scales. As the workshop progresses we will focus on ways of combining them to… Continue reading Exploring the musical world of Skarvelis and Peristeris
The Greek violin for all!
The Greek violin for all! Violin workshop with Kyriakos Gouvendas Monday 12th June 2023 @ The Cypriot Community Centre This workshop will examine the learning process of traditional melodies followed by a classically trained violinist in comparison to a self-taught or traditionally trained violinist. Kyriakos Gouventas sets three areas of focus when learning a traditional… Continue reading The Greek violin for all!
Unlocking the bouzouki code!
Unlocking the bouzouki code! Bouzouki workshop with Fotis Vergopoulos Thursday 22th June 2023 @ The Cypriot Community Centre In this seminar we will try to approach a few different elements of the bouzouki itself and as a part of a whole band. We will do an introduction to the basics of the instrument (notes on… Continue reading Unlocking the bouzouki code!
“Havas” Rythmic and harmonic approach to the music of the makams
“Havas” Rythmic and harmonic approachto the music of the makams Guitar workshop with Kostas Kostakis Thursday 22th June 2023 @ The Cypriot Community Centre In the workshop, led by Kostas Kostakis, we will analyse and build rhythmic motifs and bass lines, typical of the Greek “Bassokitharo”. We will explore this using different rhythms such as… Continue reading “Havas” Rythmic and harmonic approach to the music of the makams
Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series
Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series The More the Merrier…Rebetika Unplugged! Sunday 14th May 2023 @ The Green Note Book Now Opening up the Green Note Rebet Asker series ‘stage’ to rebetiko musicians and bands to introduce themselves and bring new energy and colours to our rebetiko community.Towards the end of our gig, all will join… Continue reading Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series