Live Music and Rebetiko in Thessaloniki: Tavernas, Rebetadika, and the City’s Song Tradition
Rebetiko is the urban song tradition that grew from the harbours and refugee quarters of the early twentieth century, and Thessaloniki carries the music in its bones. The city took in waves of Greek refugees from Asia Minor, who brought the bouzouki, the baglamas, and the songs of a lost homeland to its cafés and … Read more