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Rebetiki Serenata with Plastikes Karekles

Serenata with Plastikes Karekles Saturday 16th November 2024 @ The Folklore Rooms Book Now Come join us for a night of enchanting melodies, soulful tunes and foot tapping, heart stopping rhythms at The Folklore Rooms. Immerse yourself in the rich sounds of Greece with the band “Plastikes Karekles” and experience the beauty of rebetiko music.This… Continue reading Rebetiki Serenata with Plastikes Karekles

Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Mandalakia

Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Mandalakia Saturday 12th October 2024 @ The Green Notea Book Now Drawing from their wealth of experience of touring and performing music from around the world, the group collects songs and dances from Asia Minor and Greek villages; playing them with a strong emphasis on the Maqam tuning and melodic… Continue reading Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Mandalakia

Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Rebetiko Unplugged

Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Rebetiko Unplugged Sunday 22nd September 2024 @ The Green Note Book Now Join us for the first gig of this season’s Rebet Asker series! We will be presenting a blend of pre-war Piraeus and Smyrna style songs, as well as touching upon early post-war compositions. We are welcoming again Sotiris’s… Continue reading Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Rebetiko Unplugged

Big Band Fundraiser

Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series:Big Band Fundraiser Sunday 14th July 2024 @ The Green Note Book Now We welcome you into the very special concert, the last of this season, featuring a big family of musicians! Wonderful friends and musicians from different groups based in London will come together to celebrate the musical community, the… Continue reading Big Band Fundraiser

Rural Folk Anthology

Rural Folk Anthology Friday 7th June 2024 @ The Puppet Barge Book Now ‘Rebétiko’ music is often considered a unique genre on its own, and ‘paradosiaká’ refer to traditional Greek folk music. However, both genres share similar expressive elements. They utilise related musical scales, modality, and even the same lyrics or musical themes in many… Continue reading Rural Folk Anthology

Lonely Man Project

Lonely Man Project Monday 10th June 2024 @ The Green Note Book Now Akis Pitsanis, a multi-instrumentalist, will present a solo project where he combines and experiments with sounds from both western and eastern cultures. The electric guitar comprises the instrumental foundation of this project, with folk instruments such as ney, bouzouki, and Cretan lyra… Continue reading Lonely Man Project

Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Sevdalides

Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Sevdalides Saturday 15th June 2024 @ The Green Note Book Now  “Sevdalides” will be once again performing at the Green Note in Camden. The programme will be based on Rebetiko repertoire by various artists, ranging from different periods of the Rebetiko era. This repertoire consists of a few known Rebetiko… Continue reading Rebet Asker Greek Roots Series: Sevdalides

Celebrating Tsitsanis

Celebrating Tsitsanis Friday 14th June 2024 @ Music and Beans Free Event! Vasilis Tsitsanis (1915-1984) is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest icons of Greek music. Born of the Rebetiko tradition, over the many years of composing his music evolved into the more popular music form ‘laiko’. He is attributed with revolutionising the sound… Continue reading Celebrating Tsitsanis

Greek folk guitar (workshop)

Greek folk guitar (workshop) Tuesday 11th June 2024 @ The Cypriot Community Centre Book Now This workshop is based on the repertoire of Greek urban folk music during the first half of the 20th century. The guitar was a fundamental instrument in the recordings of the gramophone era. Consequently, there is abundant material to study… Continue reading Greek folk guitar (workshop)