Taximi presents Rebetiko - the music of exclusion in Greece

The Greek folk music group TAXIMI was formed in Stockholm in 1993. The group's deepest intention is to expose Greek music, with its deepest roots in classical antiquity and later in pre-Christian and Byzantine times, to the non-Greek audience.
Apart from some songs and pieces of music by Mikis Theodorakis, there is little knowledge of Greek folk music in our country and outside the world.
 

The evening's program takes its roots in the rebetikon that was created in vulnerable areas where the Greek refugees from Asia Minor came when the Turks threw them out. Rebetikon was eventually taken up by the middle class and moved into finer contexts. Established composers such as Hadjidakis and Theodorakis were influenced by the style, popularizing the genre. Never think of a Sunday or Zorba. In addition to the music, the program offers personal reflections and small stories about our own entrances to rebetikon, mainly from the family histories of Christos and Pashali.
 

With this program we celebrate Taximi's 30th anniversary.
 

Taximi is:
Christos Despiniadis, vocals, guitar, lauto
Ann-Cathrine Hedin, violin, baglama
Pashalis Karapourtzidis, I bouzouki, vocals
Dan Engman, II bouzouki
Philip Olsson, piano