Melbourne's 2nd Rebetiko Festival, the brainchild of Con Kalamaras and Con Karamoutzos, is taking place on the 23rd of March at the Recital Center following the huge success of last year's event that took the organizers by surprise.
Rebetien is the main act at the Festival, featuring Melbourne's own Fotis Vergopoulos, the Australian-born civil engineer who chose the art and science of bouzouki and rebetika over the world of engineering. Their loss, our gain!
Fotis Vergopoulos spoke to SBS Greek about Rebetien and its musical choices, his love of music, his family's influence and the group's tour in Australia and New Zealand.
