This playlist on my YouTube Channel contains songs by Tsitsanis which can be found on YouTube. The list is growing as we go. Enjoy!

Dear readers,   Many of Tsitsanis' song texts can be found on the magnificent site (at least in my opinion) kithara.vu, on various pages. Most links to Tsitsanis song texts are on this page:   http://

Thessalonique, premier trimestre 1943. Occupation, résistance, ghetto juif. Espionnage, un amour pourchassé, maquisards, taupes, meurtres, faim, fêtes folles. Bataille de Stalingrad, virage décisif d

1.One of the great composers and singers of their era was Vassilis Tsitsanis. He was one of the most famous purveyors of Rebetiko music, a muiscal form that originated among the Greeks of Asia Minor,

Gail Holst, The Road To Rebetika, 1994: http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_holst_rembetika.html (review)Rebetis.com: http://www.rebetis.com/Rebetika pages: http://www.spectacularopticals.com/rebe

The unlimited staccato sound of the Bouzouki fascinates audiences that fall under the spell of its strings. The Bouzouki is the descendent of ancient greek and eastern instruments. The Bouzouki was kn

Rembetika, the underground greek music, evolved from traditions of the urban poor. Refugees and drug-users, criminals and the itinerant, the earliest rembetika musicians were scorned by mainstream soc

Rembetiko music is not played using the standard Western scales. The groups of notes on the fretboard that are used during playing are known as the "roads". The Greek word for a road is dromos, plural

Trikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. It is the capital of the Trikala Prefecture. It is located NW of Athens, NW of Karditsa, E of Ioannina and Metsovo, S of Grevena, SW of Thessaloniki