Rebetiko, plural rebetika, (Greek ρεμπέτικο and ρεμπέτικα respectively) is the name for a type of urban Greek music.
Rebetika were the songs of the Greek underworld, sung by the so-called rebetes (Greek: ρεμπέτης). Rebetes were unconventional people who lived outside the social order. They first appeared after the Greek War of Independence of 1821.
The songs, often compared to genres like American blues, are full of grief, passion, romance, and bitterness. They are generally melancholic songs telling of the misfortunes of simple ordinary men. A lot of the rebetika songs are for dancing. Almost half of them are zeibekiko and the others are hasapiko.
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Rebetiko :: Regional and Ethnic

Channel #rebetiko in GRNet - Chat channel of this music style.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of #rebetiko IRC channel of GR-IRC-Net ]
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Chicago Pete's Rebetiko Row - Review of this music style, including biographies and a synoptic history of the genre.
Greek MIDI Files by Joe - Download or listen to songs.
Radical Movement for Rebetiko Dechiotification and Bouzouki Detetrachordization - Lobby of fundamentalists. Information about bouzouki instrument and its history.
Meta Description: [ The Radical Movement for Rebetiko Dechiotification and Bouzouki Detetrachordization claims for eradication of the superfluous fourth pair of strings of the chiotified bouzouki. ]
Rebetiko - Songs database, forum and chat room. Bibliography and live streaming rebetika.
The Rebetisses - Dedicated to female singers of rebetiko music style. Links, discography and multimedia files.
Meta Description: [ Rebetisses, Rebetiko, Rebetika ]
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