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Lover's of Rebetika - The enigma of Apostolos Chatzichristos

Lover's of Rebetika - The enigma of Apostolos Chatzichristos

FromLovers of Rebetika


Lover's of Rebetika - The enigma of Apostolos Chatzichristos

FromLovers of Rebetika

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jul 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Apostolos Chatzichristos born in 1904  was a rebetiko singer and composer from Asia Minor who wrote the lyrics and music of many famous rebetiko songs which he also performed. Besides his own songs, he performed rebetika songs of other composers.
He tends to be perceived in the shadows of his prominent prolific colleagues of that time, such as Vassilis Tsitsanis, Yiannis Papaiounou, Markos Vamvakaris, and Manolis Hiotis.
Released:
Jul 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (45)

This podcast will delve into the world of Rebetika, each week your host Con Kalamaras will have a new episode covering this genre. Rebetiko is story telling spanning love, loss, drugs, and heart-breaking refugee tales. Rebetiko has always been the music of the poor and the dispossessed, combining different musical styles of the region and with lyrics describing the joy, the sorrow, and the difficulties of everyday life. Often called the Greek blues, like the blues, it grew out of a specific urban subculture and reflected the harsh realities of an oppressed subculture's lifestyle.