2017 marked the year of another Australian tour and of course there had to be an accompanying album to go with it. They say that when you’re on a good thing then why change it? So, accordingly a number of relatively unknown Rebetika, Folk songs and Amanedes were recorded. Joining the band was its newest member, Vangelis Votteas on fiddle. Guest musicians were Christos Biniaris, Avgerini Gatsi, Yiorgis Stoyiorgis and Hara Tsalpara and Sotiris Letsios on one track. The cover art-work was by Panayiotis Vasilatos and sleeve notes by Kostas Karamarkos.

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In 2012 as the band prepared to organize its following year tour of Oz and so record its customary accompanying album, tragedy struck. Founding and long time member Hector Cosmas passed away. It was a massive blow to all and there was talk of disbanding .Months later, towards the end of the year, it was decided that the band should not fold and continue to play, as Hec would have wanted us to do so.

The band returned to its old formula of Rebetika and Folk songs, this time recording a couple of Amanedes as well. Guest musicians were Christos Biniaris, Sotiris Margonis, Klearhos Korkovelos and Nick Manikas. The cover art-work was by Panayiotis Vasilatos and the album was dedicated to the memory of Hec.

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The year marked another tour of Australia, so that meant  another album , this time the band’s sixth. The same line-up as with the previous album, recorded  a selection of Rebetika, a mixture of pre-war and post-war songs. Guest musicians were Chrysoula Kechagioglou and Kostas Kopanitsanos. Cover art-work by Persephone Ioasonidou and support by John and Suzie Rerakis.

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This next release also signaled another change in the band line-up. Yiannis Niarhos and Maria Dikta were the new members and the band recorded a selection of Rebetika, mostly pre-war songs. It is essentially a live recording with no overdubs. Guest vocalist was Fanis Sapatinas.  Cover art-work is by local artist George Kordis, photo by Michele Malanos and sleeve notes by Stathis Gauntlett. Like its predecessor “Love’s Follies”, this album would not have been possible without the assistance of two old band friends, John Grivas and George Kapnias.

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Eleven years is a long time between albums, but that is how much time it took for the band to release its next album. By this time, three of the key members had moved to Greece and along with new member Marios Papadeas this album was released on a major Greek label. The focus was on Rebetika… the band had gone back to its roots, so to speak. With the instrumentation in mind (mainly the fiddle, santouri, banjo and guitar) a selection of lesser known pre-war Rebetika were recorded. Guest musician was Manousos Klapakis on percussion and for the first and only time so far the band departed from its customary cover art-work and featured a band photo by Aussie artist Jackie Mitelman.

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