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	George Dalaras - A Tribute To Markos Vamvakaris
		On a rainy evening in 1921, Markos, a 16 year old worker from the Cykladic island of Syros, sits in a tekedhes-bar in the port of Piraeus and the hashish-filled hookah is passed from one to the other.
		Vamvakaris was still there even when the Greek dictator Metaxa prohibited the "hashish-songs" at the end of the 1930ies and today, Markos Vamvakaris is THE godfather of Rembetika.
		The Ermopoulis Concert, on the native island of Markos Vamvakaris is George Dalaras' tribute to the œuvre of the composer and singer Vamvakaris.
	www.tropical-music.com /medium_detail/68840_e_cd.html (552 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Markos Vamvakaris (May 10, 1905 in Ano Chora in Syros - February 8, 1972) (Greek: Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης), was one of the most important rebetiko musicians of all time.
		Markos Vamvakaris was born on May 10, 1905 in Ano Chora, Syros, Greece.
		Vamvakaris died on February 8, 1972 at the age of 66.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Markos_Vamvakaris (427 words)

	George Dalaras - A Tribute To Markos Vamvakaris
		Markos, ein 16jähriger Hilfsarbeiter von der Zykladeninsel Syros sitzt an einem verregneten Herbstabend des Jahres 1921 in Piräus in einer Hafenkneipe und die mit Haschisch gefüllte Wasserpfeife macht die Runde.
		Das Konzert in Ermopoulis, auf der Geburtsinsel von Vamvakaris, ist George Dalaras' Verbeugung vor dem Werk des Komponisten und Sängers Markos Vamvakaris.
		Geburtstag, entstand das vorliegende Doppelalbum "Tribute to Vamvakaris" mit 28 Stücken voller Emotion und Leben und George Dalaras als Hauptsänger.
	www.tropical-music.com /medium_detail/68840_d_cd.html (547 words)

	Markos Vamvakaris - Phantis
		He was one of the Tetras, the Legends of Piraeus group of musicians, and is generally accredited as being the grandfather of rebetiko, and pioneer of the bouzouki in popular music.
		Markos Vamvakaris was born on May 10, 1905 in Ano Chora in Syros and was raised by a Catholic family.
		Vamvakaris died on February 8, 1972 at the age of 67.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Markos_Vamvakaris (242 words)

	Rembetika.com
		Known as the "Father of Rembetika", Markos was born in 1905 on the island of Syros.
		Markos' bouzouki style was influenced by a mangas known as Old Nikos, who had spent 10 years in prison and played heavy Turkish-style improvisations (taxim) and songs in 9/8 zembekiko rhythm.
		Markos continued to tour with Stratos and Batis, and other great rembetis such as Papaianou and Rovertakis, and his most famous song, "Frankosyriani" is about a girl Markos met while touring on his home island of Syros.
	www.rembetika.com /rembetika.htm (804 words)

	Markos Vamvakaris
		Markos Vamvakaris (May 10, 1905 in Ano Chora in Syros - February 8, 1972) (Greek: Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης), was one of the many important rebetiko musicians of all time.
		Markos Vamvakaris was born on May 10, 1905 in Ano Chora in Syros from a Catholic family.
		Vamvakaris died on February 8, 1972 at the age of 67.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewMusic/MarkosVamvakaris.html (231 words)

	DER Documentary: I Like Hearts Like Mine: Markos Vamvakaris
		Markos Vamvakaris was the greatest composer of rebetika songs between 1932 and 1940.
		He was was born in Ano Chora on the Aegean Sea island of Syros, the capital of the Cyclades, the biggest Greek port of the 19th century.
		His father was a poor laborer, and Markos was a child musical prodigy who was dancing at the age of three and playing drums at the age of six.
	www.der.org /films/ilikeheartslikemine.html (320 words)

	The Markos Vamvakaris Archive
		Markos is considered by many to be the father of bouzouki playing and rebetika.
		In 1932 he recorded for the first time and, although he didn't consider himself a singer, he ended up doing the vocals on his first record.
		He made hundreds of records through the 30's and early 40's but eventually faded from the scene as the music began to change.
	www.spectacularopticals.com /MVA/MVAmain.html (74 words)

	Syros Greece Hotels, Syros Hotel Accommodation, Rooms, Car Rental, Travel Agents, Camping, Map of Syros Island
		Ano Syros is famous for its tavernas with live rembetiko music, keeping the tradition set by Markos Vamvakaris, the master of rembetiko, who was born in the town.
		Apart from its unique charm, the main attraction of the town is the Church of Agios Georgios (otherwise called San Tzortzi), while the Monasteries of the Jesuits and the Capuchins are also splendid.
		You don't need to be a music aficionado to appreciate the Museum of Markos Vamvakaris, one of Greece 's most important Rembetiko composers, who came from Syros Island.
	www.united-hellas.com /tourism/syros (1635 words)

	:: Studio 52 music store :: VAMVAKARIS MARKOS ( , VAMVAKARIS ) - Alphabetic Catalogue of Greek Artists and Groups - ...
		MARKOS VAMVAKARIS / I ELLADA TOU MARKOU VAMVAKARI
		MARKOS VAMVAKARIS / STRATOS PAGIOUMTZIS / GIANNIS PAPAIOANNOU
		STRATOS PAGIOUMTZIS - MARKOS VAMVAKARIS 2 / 1
	www.studio52.gr /english/VAMVAKARIS_MARKOS.htm (357 words)

	Markos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vamvakaris is generally recognized as the single most important figure in Rebetiko history because it was he who created the "modern-day" sound we now recognize and identify as Rebetika.
		It was in Markos Vamvakaris, (along with a group he was part of called Tetras) that the preceding influences such as the Cafe Aman, Cafe Chantant and the highly Urbanized folk tune, finally came together to give us the sound we now call " Classic Rebetika".
		More then any other composer that either preceded or followed, Vamvakaris was the composer who has come to symbolize a singular Hellenic spirit of a more elemental and visceral nature.
	www.rebetikorow.com /Vam21.htm (462 words)

	I Like Hearts Like Mine: Markos Vamvakaris DVD, VHS George C. Zervas
		Markos Vamvakaris was the greatest composer of rebetika songs between1932 and1940.
		Markos Vamvakaris was born in Ano Chora on the Aegean Sea island of Syros, the capital of the Cyclades, the biggest Greek port of the 19th century.
		Markos was a child musical prodigy who was dancing at the age of three and playing drums at the age of six.
	www.buyindies.com /listings/9/9/998507360531.html (595 words)

	Markos Vamvakaris: National Geographic World Music (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Born in 1905 on the Aegean island of Syros, Markos Vamvakaris left school when he was eight years old and stowed away from home around age 15, landing in the tough port city of Piraeus.
		Vamvakaris' music chronicled lives of poverty, hardship and the struggle just to survive with lyrical references to jail terms, drugs and misery in love affairs.
		As the decades passed, however, Vamvakaris softened and cleaned up his lyrics for a wider audience, and he continued recording well into the 1950s.
	worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com /worldmusic/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/markos_vamvakaris (310 words)

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		Roughly, the (creative history) evolution of Greek Urban music may be seperated in three Eras, based on its style, the structure of the music, the instruments used etc. Pre-classical era (mid 19th century to late 1920's), classical era (late 1920's to late 1940's), meta-classical era (late 1940's to late 1960's).
		Some of the most important representatives of this the Pereus style Rembertiko are Markos Vamvakaris, Giovan Tsaous, Dimitris Gogos, Spyros Peristeris, Giorgos Batis, Anestos Dellias, Stratos Pagioumtzis, Stelios Keromytis etc. It was then that we had an explosive production of records, something which clearly made the music more accessible and easily spread throughout the country.
		You may also recognize Markos Vamvakaris holding a bouzouki 5th to the left of Batis.
	www.maths.bris.ac.uk /~mapdk/rebetiko.html (584 words)

	ekathimerini.com \| A son pays homage to his famous father (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Markos Vamvakaris, who died in 1972 at the age of 66, crafted seminal rembetika songs in the harsh years of the 1920s and 1930, but continued his prolific songwriting after the style evolved into a more polished genre.
		Markos Vamvakaris — or just “Markos,” as he is commonly called — built a seemingly infinite song catalogue that proved tremendously influential for ensuing composers.
		Stretching it all even further, Stelios Vamvakaris was one of the first musicians to explore the common roots of rembetika and American blues, which, despite the geographic distance, emerged simultaneously and under similar conditions.
	www.ekathimerini.com /4dcgi/_w_articles_civ_2202415_06/09/2005_60466 (813 words)

	Rembetika: ReR USA
		This is quite simply the single greatest collection of Rembetika on the market today, and is probably the best place for the newly initiated to begin their journey into this music.
		His life and times as a Manghas are like like a classic adventure story: Quitting his factory job at age 8, imprisoned for fl marketeering at age 12, stowing away on a ship at age 15 to become associated with petty hoodlums and trafficers at the ports and in the slums of mainland Greece.
		His greatest joys in life were hashish and the bouzouki, and by his late 20's, Markos was fairly infamous for his songs dealing with smuggling, prison, drugs, violence and unrequited love.
	www.rerusa.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RERUSA&Category_Code=REMBETIKA (1051 words)

	[MGSA-L] Enrolment for Rebetiko Summer School 2005
		We are hoping that STELIOS VAMVAKARIS, one of the sons of Markos, will attend the conference, to present his book of Memoirs about his father "The Holy Mangas" [pub.
		To register for the Summer School please send contact details to ed.emery at britishlibrary.net You may also be interested in our other Rebetiko Seminars this year, which will be held in Venice (14 June), Padova (15 June), Jerusalem (November), Istanbul (Seminars and concert, Saturday 1 October) and the Island of Hydra, Greece (13-16 October).
		Details on our website at www.geocities.com/Rebetology [The Vamvakaris Conference is organised in partnership with Greece in Britain, a nationwide series of events presented by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture to illustrate the wealth and diversity of contemporary Greek culture.
	maillists.uci.edu /mailman/public/mgsa-l/2005-May/005317.html (582 words)

	Jazzdimensions - George Dalaras - "A Tribute To Markos Vamvakaris" - Rezension
		Mit seinem nun vorliegenden Doppel-Album ehrt der Sänger den unbestritten Meister dieser Musikrichtung – Markos Vamvakaris.
		Der Rembetiko, eine Mischung aus orientalischen Klängen, schwermütigen Texten und europäischer Gesangstradition, entstand in den zwanziger Jahren in den ärmlichen Vororten Athens und Thessalonikis.
		Unzählige dieser Lieder entstammen der Feder Markos Vamvakaris', der schon als Sechzehnjähriger Hafenarbeiter und kleine Gauner mit seiner Musik unterhielt.
	www.jazzdimensions.de /reviews/worldmusic/2004/george_dalaras_vamvakaris.html (194 words)

	FAME Review: Bouzouki Pioneer, 1932-1940: Markos Vamvakaris (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This Rounder collection of old recordings made by Markos Vamvakaris will be a revelation to those unfamiliar with the style called Rembetica.
		There are 23 tracks compiled here which were recorded in the mid- to late '30s by Vamvakaris, the offspring of a poor family on the Aegean island of Syros.
		Most of the songs here feature Vamvakaris ornamenting the melody sung by one or more lead vocalists, and accompanied by some combination of guitar, baglamas, (identified here as a member of the bouzouki family), and percussion supplied by either spoons or a type of hand drum called a toumbeleki.
	www.acousticmusic.com /fame/p00801.htm (399 words)

	Greece in Britain (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Markos Vamvakaris (1905-72), one of the founding fathers of Greek popular music, this year’s Rebetiko Summer School at SOAS will include a one-day conference dedicated to the life and times of the composer.
		The name of Vamvakaris is synonymous with the musical genre of Rebetiko, an extraordinary moment of cultural encounter in which Eastern monophony meets Western harmony, and the maqam scales of the Arab and Ottoman world interface with the well-tempered scales of the West.
		Attention will be given to analysis of individual songs, their modal treatments within the tradition of maqam, and their location within the broader musical culture of the Mediterranean.
	www.greeceinbritain.org.uk /events/050623.asp (292 words)

	Greece in Britain
		A One-day Conference entitled “HOMAGE TO MARKOS VAMVAKARIS”, to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the “father” of Greek Rebetiko music.
		ED EMERY of London, presenting sections of the new English translation of the autobiography of Markos Vamvakaris.
		Admission to the Vamvakaris Conference is free, but donations will be invited from non-Summer School participants.
	www.greeceinbritain.org.uk /events/050625.asp (391 words)

	Homage to Markos Vamvakaris Conference - SOAS, London - 23 June 2005
		Homage to Markos Vamvakaris Conference - SOAS, London - 23 June 2005
		We are hoping that STELIOS VAMVAKARIS, one of the sons of Markos, will attend the conference to present his book of Memoirs about his father “The Holy Mangas” [Ο Άγιος Μάγκας, pub.
		The “Homage to Vamvakaris” Conference is organised in partnership with "Greece in Britain", a nationwide series of events presented by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture.
	www.geocities.com /HydraGathering/vamvakarisconference.html (570 words)

	Amazon.ca: 1932-1940 Bouzouki Pioneer: Music: Markos Vamvakaris (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After all they are Rebetika songs written and sang by the Grandfather of Rebetika music himself.
		All the songs have a raw earthiness to them partly because of Vamvakaris' voice, partly because of the lyrics and partly because of the unique style in which he plays the bouzouki.
		The lyrics talk of love, hashish smoking, betrayal and the trials of working class urban life in 1930s Greece amongst other things.
	www.amazon.ca /1932-1940-Bouzouki-Pioneer-Markos-Vamvakaris/dp/B0000002UA (363 words)

	Markos Vamvakaris Museum
		Vamvakaris’ s Museum was established in 1995 in the centre of Ano Syros, in an old residence which was renovated to house the personal possessions of the troubadour who was born in 1905 in Ano Syros and lived there the first years of his life.
		In the museum, Markos’s friends can see photographs and memorabilia, his passport and his identity card, his clothes and shoes, manuscripts and lyrics, his ring and watch and other personal belongings, which were donated by his family to be exhibited in the museum bearing his name.
		Since 2000 the Municipality of Ano Syros has organised a festival of popular music every summer in his memory entitled ‘Musical Journeys in Markos’s Trail’, which has always been very successful.
	www.syros.com.gr /syros/info/vamvakaris_en.htm (122 words)

	41st IINTERNATIONAL THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL
		A meditative portrait of Markos Vamvakaris (1905-1972), who was undoubtedly the most important figure of the classical period of the rebetiko song (1932-1940), before it opened up to wider social strata.
		The rebetiko, a great moment in modern Greek civilization, and correspondent in many ways to the blues of the American South, was not simply an art form, but a way of life with its own codes and values.
		Through the case of Markos Vamvakaris, unique, but at the same time representative of this world, the film explores what made the rebetes so special, as well as their relationship with the rest of society.
	www.filmfestival.gr /2000/greek/vamvakaris_uk.html (283 words)

	Homage to Markos Vamvakaris, London, June 2005
		To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Markos Vamvakaris (1905-72), one of the founding fathers of Greek popular music, this year's Rebetiko Summer School at SOAS will include a one-day conference dedicated to the life and times of this remarkable composer, instrumentalist and singer.
		Born in Ano Chora on the Greek island of Syros on 10th May 1905, Markos died in 1972.
		Admission to the "Homage to Vamvakaris" Conference is free, but donations are invited.
	www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk /Music/Conferences/05-6-reb.html (565 words)

	Rounder Records - Markos Vamvakaris - Bouzouki Pioneer, 1932-1940 - Album Detail
		Rounder Records - Markos Vamvakaris - Bouzouki Pioneer, 1932-1940 - Album Detail
		Ta Dhio Sou Heria Pirane - M. Vamvakaris-A. Hadzichristos
		Yia Sas Fandarakia Mas - M. Vamvakaris-A. Hadzichristos
	www.rounder.com /index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=5465 (231 words)

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