Melbourne Rebetiko Festival

https://youtu.be/aXJQmTSptCc?si=HVPXsLO8jvYU295K

Rembetiko : kaigomai-kaigomai A song scene from the 1983 movie "Rembetiko" by Costas Ferris.

https://folkways.si.edu/greek-oriental-rebetica-songs-dances/world/music/album/smithsonian

Greek-Oriental Rebetica Songs & Dances | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Track Listing 101 Zmirneikos Balos (No Hope But You) Marika Papagika 03:59   102 Gazéli Mustaar (Burned Again) Yorghos Papasidhéris 03:06   103 Aidhiniko (Instrumental) Dhimitrios Sémsis 03:22   104 Sabah Manes (Open The Graves) Strátos Payumdzis 03:32   105 Ta Hanumakya (Hashish Harem) Rita...

There was no engagement with our internal diversity as a community nor with Australia’s cultural diversity. About what of our First Nations people? Politicians from Greece, knowing how we deal with and manage cultural diversity, could learn a thing or two in an increasingly diverse Greece

Greek Parliamentarians in Australia: Missed opportunities and cultural disconnects We need smarter engagement – too many gaps in understanding under the patronising 'Helladic gaze'

“We want to help rewrite contemporary Australian historiography with a transnational pen based upon evidence of the interrelationships between all its people." Leonard Janiszewski

Eternal echoes: Narrating 200 years of Greek presence in Australia Exploring the depths of Hellenic heritage in Australia: A journey through time with historian Leonard Janiszewski and photographer Effy Alexakis

Queerbetika” is a term used to describe the queering of the genre of rebetika – an urban Greek popular song from the late 19th century to the 1950s – through academic or creative interventions. This zine explores queerness and homosexuality in rebetika through its exponents, sites of performance, gay supporters and song lyrics.

This is the first study and anthology in either Greek or English to investigate such an important but overlooked theme in the field of rebetology.

Michael Alexandratos (b. 1997) is a writer, researcher and publisher based in Sydney, Australia. He runs a research blog dedicated to his music and recorded sound research, titled Amnesiac Archive, and has produced numerous album compilations of 78rpm recordings from Australia’s recorded sound history (1926-1957).

https://cycladic-press.com/queerbetika-queering-rebetika/ #:~:text=“Queerbetika”%20is%20a%20term%20used,through%20academic%20or%20creative%20interventions.

"..Columbia Records factory in the Athens suburb of Rizoupoli [Ριζούπολη]. The first of its kind in Greece, the factory was established in 1930 by the British Columbia Graphophone Company in order to expand its activities in the Middle East and Balkan regions. Construction work began in 1928 and was finished in December 1930, with the site spanning 3.5 acres at 127 Iraklion Avenue [Λεωφόρος Ηρακλείου 127]. The first 78rpm shellac disc was pressed on December 20th, 1930, however an actual recording studio was not established on the site until 1935, dubbed “Studio III”. It had a long life span, and was in use right up until 1965.

The Rise & Fall of Athens’ Columbia Records Factory Today I visited the old Columbia Records factory in the Athens suburb of Rizoupoli [Ριζούπολη]. The first of its kind in Greece, the factory was established in 1930 by the British Columbia Graphoph…

Misirlou Dick Dale

Dick Dale & The Del Tones "Misirlou" 1963 Taken from the film "A Swingin Affair" released in 1963. The band also performs another tune i the film but its not as good

The best thing to come of recently that uses, and authenticates Rebetiko in current Greece

Νέγρος Του Μοριά , Hatemost - Στην Υπόγα (Prod. Odydoze) Τίτλος: ΥπόγαΚαλλιτέχνες: Νέγρος Του Μοριά , HatemostΠαραγωγή: OdydozeΗχογράφηση: Destiny StudiosMix/Master: Destiny Studios Spotify: https://t.ly/OyoGiTunes...

Jews in Thessaloniki early 1900s

“The NGV wants to imbue “architecture as a cultural conversation,” like those instigated by the Parthenon from 500BCE.

“It’s a social discourse, we’ve had projects that looked at Indigenous histories, we’ve had projects that looked at suburbia.”

The Parthenon to be reimagined at the NGV in a blaze of colour There will be a reimagining of the Parthenon" as part of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Architecture Commission for 2022

Hi all the MRF hasn’t posted much given the last two years of the pandemic and lockdowns. However Kon Karamountzos and Fotis Kapetopoulos are working on a revitalised festival and series of events for 2023 - 2024