laïko

Laïko is a Greek folk-pop music genre. Also referred to as a "folk song", or "urban folk music" in its plural form, Laïkó changed forms over the decades after the commercialization of Rebetiko music.

==Rebetiko and elafro tragoudi== Until the 1930s the Greek discography was dominated by two musical genres: the Greek folk music demotica and the elaphro tragoudi. The latter was represented by ensembles of singers/musicians or solo artists like Attik and Nikos Gounaris. It was the Greek version of the international popular music of the era. In the 1930s the first rebetiko recordings had a massive impact on Greek music. Markos Vamvakaris stated that they "were the first to record laïka songs". In the years to follow this type of music, the first form of what is now called laïko tragoudi, became the mainstream Greek music.