Great Rebetico Singer Spyros Zagoraios Passes at 86
His songs were hits throughout Greece for decades . . .
Music was his entire life, he once said in an interview. “I like to sing, my whole life is singing. Even when I walk around I whistle.”
Rebetico (Rebetiko, Rembetiko) is sometimes referred to as the “Greek blues.” Very much worth a listen, if you’re not familiar with it.
Read the article at GreekReporter.com.
See (and hear) also this YouTube clip.
