Forget the tango, flamenco, bottom-dollar blues. Rebetika is the true music of passion. Its melodies have been known to make grown men weep and throw dishes. A genre of music known popularly as "Greek ...

The Onassis Cultural Center NY proudly presents REBETIKA: THE BLUES OF GREECE, a unique exploration of the Greek musical tradition of rebetika (often referred to as the "Songs of the Greek Underground ...

Naturally, the subject matter of the tunes heard in the underworld of Greek cities like Athens and Piraeus was tougher too, reflecting the lives of the poor, urban citizenry who struggled and strived ...

Wikipedia defines Rebetiko primarily as “a term used to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek folk music”. These variants have been grouped together since the 1960s, the time of the ...