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A big thanks to you for reading, clicking and coming to shows over the last year. Your continued interest is what makes it all work. | Markos Vamvakaris The Patriarch of Rebetiko
featuring Stelios Vamvakaris and Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand)
Thursday 11 JUNE Barbican Hall |  | Despite his humble beginnings, the sometime dockworker, miner and shoeshine boy Markos Vamvakaris – born in 1905 on the Aegean island of Syros - followed his dream to become a musician. Such was the influence of his songwriting that he is now widely acknowledged as ‘the Patriarch of Rebetiko’ – the underground, urban folk music of the 1920s and 30s that has come to symbolise so much of Greece, both to itself and to the rest of the world. Premiered in 2012 as part of the Hellenic Festival in Athens, this multimedia concert tribute to the man and his music is curated by Lina Nikolakopoulou, one of Greece’s best-known lyricists. The performance, accompanied by specially created film footage, features a stellar line-up of Greek musicians: bouzouki player Stelios Vamvakaris – the son of Markos – as well as Yannis Kotsiras, Sofia Papazoglou and Evelina Aggelou accompanied by a 7-piece orchestra, and will feature readings from Vamvakaris’ diary, by Franz Ferdinand frontman of Greek descent Alex Kapranos.
Produced by Barbican in association with Kazum and ARTos & Theama
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Click here | | Attab Haddad Quintet
Friday 19 December at Rich Mix London
Superb, sublime, sophisticated! "the breadth of the Sahara and the intricacy of the Alhambra Palace"
Highly recommended!
Click here | | Martha & Eve's Xmas 'Greekthings'
Tues 23 December at Rich Mix London
Before you disapear into your turkey... It's the fabulously charismatic Martha & Eve! With plates of Pitta patter and kreesmas spirited stockings full of musical fun. Be sure to bring your sense of.. Hoummos.
Click here... | | Natalie Duncan
Friday 31 January
The Red Hedgehog Highgate
“Imagine if Paloma Faith could sing as well as she dresses” – BBC Online
Oo, cheeky! But yes...
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