Márkos Vamvakáris
Genre: R&B/Soul/Urban
Decades Active: 40s, 50s, 60s
Genre: R&B/Soul/Urban
Decades Active: 40s, 50s, 60s
A self-taught bouzouki player from the island of Syros, Markos Vamvakaris recorded in the rounder-like Rembetica style for a variety of big labels (Columbia, Parlophon, Odeon) in the 1930s and early 1940s. He often sang as well, and employed accompanists on guitar, the toumbeleki hand drum, and the baglamas (a stringed instrument which is a... [+] Read More
