Rebetiko Band

Agora Minör organizes monthly Rebetiko Gatherings to share the music and tradition of Rebetiko with a broader audience of listeners, performers, and enthusiasts. In these gatherings, a selection of songs is shared with participants in advance and performed collectively during the evening. This way, the distinction between performer and audience in Rebetiko disappears.

Participants join with their instruments—or simply with their voices—and the stories behind the songs and their composers are also shared throughout the night. As a result of these gatherings, many participants have been inspired to begin learning instruments such as the bouzouki and baglamadaki, to sing Rebetiko songs in Greek, or even to start learning the Greek language itself.

Following a suggestion from the participants, the community that formed through these gatherings began calling itself Agora Majör.

Photo: Şivan Doğan