Rebetika

Word REBETIKA
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Definitions and meanings of "Rebetika"

What do we mean by rebetika?

A type of Greek urban folk music.

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The word "rebetika" in example sentences

By the early '30s, Keromytis took it pro in Piraeus, ultimately gaining acclaim for his rebetika (acoustic blues) and laïkó (pop music) techniques. ❋ Phil Ramone (2011)

Later, I'll try to look up this possible theme in rebetika and Sefardi traditions and Arabic language songs, too--all great poetry. ❋ Fresca (2009)

"Smyrna endures today," his narrator, Cal Stephanides, tells us, "in a few rebetika songs and a stanza from The Waste Land." ❋ Unknown (2007)

He entertained an ephemeral image of himself, liberated from his grotesque folds of lard, singing bawdy rebetika in the brothels of Athens, swigging kokkinelli and charming the young girls. ❋ De Bernieres, Louis (2003)

At night he listened to his rebetika records in the attic and smoked his hookah pipe. ❋ Eugenides, Jeffery (2002)

There was no gambling, no potted palms, but there was rebetika and, on many nights, hashish. ❋ Eugenides, Jeffery (2002)

Smyrna endures today in a few rebetika songs and a stanza from The Waste Land: ❋ Eugenides, Jeffery (2002)

For her, the song conjured only the disreputable bars her brother went to down in the city, those hash dens where they played rebetika and American music and where there were loose women who sang . ❋ Eugenides, Jeffery (2002)

Where there was rebetika music there was always hashish. ❋ Eugenides, Jeffery (2002)

Again Greek Music videos are shot and released of this evemts Alexiou's style ranges from Greek Pop Music to traditional rebetika, Alexiou's audiences include peoples of Cyprus, USA, Canada, Israel, several European countries, finishing in Paris at the Mogador Theatre. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Greek music, traditional rebetika, ballads, pop hits, folk songs, and pop hits traditional themes that Alexiou preformed with Manos Loizos, Lefteris Papadopoulos, Manos Hadjidakis and others. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stylianos (Stelios) Kazantzides was one of the leading vocalists of late rebetika and laika from 1955 through the 60s and beyond. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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