Apostolos Nikolaidis

A rebetiko sensation with a laika heart

Published by Kathimerini on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 20:40

Apostolos Nikolaidis started working in construction at the age of 13, singing as he climbed the scaffolding. "Give us another song," the other workmen would shout when he stopped. As a teenager in Thessaloniki, he sang along to the bouzouki played by other boys in the neighborhood, before sneaking off to Athens with dreams of becoming a professional singer.