Greek Roots Series: Ortakides - Sounds of Crete

Name: Greek Roots Series: Ortakides - Sounds of Crete
Start: 2025-11-09T14:15:00+00:00
Location: Green Note

Schedule

Sun, 09 Nov, 2025 at 02:15 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Green Note | London, EN

£ 0.00 - £10.00 / Age All Ages - FREE up to and including 6 years old
Tickets:
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/matine-show-rebet-asker-greek-green-note-tickets/13951194?REFERRAL_ID=twfb
NB. Seating operates on a first come first serve basis. Please be prepared to stand (or lean against the bar!) if all seats are taken by the time you arrive.

At this special gig we will be exploring a variety of Cretan music sounds. From seated folk songs* of the urban centers of the island, to traditional melodies and dance rhythms originated from the rural Cretan sea-side and mountain regions, we have picked some which speak to our soul.

* These songs were performed primarily in coffee houses and taverns, and to a lesser extent at feasts. They are strongly influenced by the sounds of Asia Minor music due to the established trading interaction with Cretan ports, the population migration during the 1920s, and the historical existence of the Turkish population in Crete. Some people refer to this repertoire as the rebetiko of Crete both because of similarities in the root cause of their emergence, but also due to the direct influence of the first and popular musicians in Cretan recordings by the rebetiko key representatives.
The term urban folk songs of Crete is used by the musicologist Manos Karteris in the book Music on Crete, jointly published by the Department of Musicology at the University of Vienna and Musical Editions Seistron Aerakis, Vienna 2017.

Ortakides:
Christos Angelidakis: Cretan lyra, vocals
Simon Mercouris: Cretan laouto, vocals
Miltos Boumis: Cretan laouto, vocals
George Angelopoulos: Mandolin, lavta, vocals

Additional Info:
Rebet Asker-Greek Roots Series:
An afternoon of Greek Rebetiko for all the family!
Rebet Asker was a restaurant/music venue which saw all the great Greek musicians and from the 20th century through to today pass through it. The walls of this little place in a small side street by Piraeus harbour have witnessed the history of the Greek Rebetiko as it has evolved over the last one hundred years. Some years have passed now, since it closed, but through this series of Sunday gigs we will do our best to recreate some of the magic of these musicians and their songs as it started and developed. Now in its 10th year, this tribute to the magical music of rebetiko, is the longest running series in London dedicated to this music. Come to hear classic songs and even some lesser known gems of great rebetiko musicians such as Toundas, Papazogklou, Skarvelis, Peristeris, Hadjichristos, Vamvakaris, Papaioannou, Tsitsanis, Mitsakis, Hiotis and more!