Rebetiki Kompania, Opisthodromiki Kompania, Athinaiki Kompania – these are the three colossal bands that reshaped the sound of rebetiko in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Nowadays, these groups of friends are long gone but, thankfully, new schemes of talented musicians have replaced them with the same respect for this exceptional genre. Today, we will be remembering the contribution of those early companies while celebrating the new generation of rebetiko bands, such as Rebetien, Sabi Band and Rebetiki Istoria.
Produced and presented by Hercules Economou