LAIKON Presents; 'Rebetes - A Brief History'

~~~~~~   LAIKON presents:  ‘Rebetes – A Brief History’   ~~~~~~                                          Peter Stathopoulos and Rebetiki Trio.

7.00 pm                       Doors open7.00 pm - 7.30 pm     Hellenic Odyssey – tastings of Ouzo, Mastiha,                                      Wild Gin, Single Malt Whisky and organic wine8.00 pm                       Peter Stathopoulos plays and discusses                                      original 78 rpm Rebetiko recordings9.00 pm                       Interval9.30 pm til late          Rebetiki Trio perform a wide repertoire of RebetikaDJ playing Greek music until close.

Rebetiko music is the name given to Greek urban folk music which appeared in the 19th century with the word ‘Rebetiko’ first appearing on two gramophone records between 1910 and 1913.  The first Rebetika sounds began to be recorded in Athens in the prison of Medrese in 1834, the so-called Mourmourika.The term ‘Rebetiko’ was established in the 1960s and included genres such as Smyrnaika, Politika, Mourmourika and other songs which did not have a close musicological relationship with each other.  Rebetiko music’s themes include love, drugs, prison, the underworld, going against the rule of law and social issues.In 2017 rebetiko was added in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

Special Guests:
Peter Stathopoulos, Achilles Yiangoulli, Sotirios Kiokpasoglou and Tony Iliou