Laïkó
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Laikó tragoudi (λαϊκό τραγούδι gr. popular/folk song) is called the Greek urban folk music (or Greek popular music) in general and especially the Greek popular music after the end of the 1950's.
At the time a new generation of musicians came of age that brought to the urban folk music of the time (Rembetiko) some changes that distinguished a new style, the so called modern laiko tragoudi or just plain laiko tragoudi.
Modern laiko tragoudi evolved from Rembetiko, but adopted innovations and influences, including the use of amplifiers on the instruments, the use o Drums and the four-chord bouzouki and, later on, Electronic keyboards. Poverty remained a strong theme, although Love and relationships figured prominently as key themes.
As Laiko became ubiquitous in 1960s Greece, a number of different schools emerged. Another branch was indoprepeh (ινδοπρεπή gr. indian proper, of indian origin or made indian-like) heavily influenced by Middle Eastern music and many times covering Indian filmi songs, by performers such as Manolis Angelopoulos. At the same time the Skyladika merged. At the beginning they were nightclubs with a bad reputation and most of them not quite legal on the borders of the city or town. The style they played music there was called Skyladika too. In the 80s Laiko interacted with Western pop music.
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