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As a small child, at festivals, he got to know the traditional sounds and voices and entered the world of music, succeeding in becoming one of the most important Greek composers. Talented and committed, he never ceased to seek perfection during his long career. It is no coincidence that many artists...

Beer has been a popular alcoholic beverage for ages! Meeting your friends on Friday night for the beer ritual, celebrating milestones with loved ones cheering up beer cans, or just rejoicing with a bottle of beer all by yourself, beer has always been elementary in celebrations, and best buddy otherwise!But,...

In the 1980s, light folk singers relied mostly on singing easy, digestible songs with slogans. In Katerina Stanisi's records, such songs were absent. "I didn't want songs that were easy to digest, I wanted to build a repertoire. As for Mary Maranti’s career peak, this is probably her majestic performance i...

Pitsa Papadopoulou is a myth. In 1961, at the age of 16, she gets to meet legendary composer Giorgos Zambetas. Upon hearing her, he immediately asks her to sing live. That night, she recalls, singing in front of an audience for the first time, in a borrowed dress, changed her life forever - and the...

Litsa Diamanti is a Greek laïko singer who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s. She has been described as the “wonder-child of the 1960s and the absolute diva of the post-1974 period” while her hits are regarded as all-time classics. As for Haroula Lambraki, she is one more goddess of laiko: “From the age of five I knew I wanted to be a singer. I would go to church with my uncle, who was a cantor, and I would sing with him. My parents were farmers. They were going to the fields, and my sisters and I were going ... Read more

Litsa Diamanti is a Greek laïko singer who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s. She has been described as the "wonder-child of the 1960s and the absolute diva of the post-1974 period" while her hits are regarded as all-time classics. As for Haroula Lambraki, she is one more goddess of laiko: “From th...

A childhood under conditions of extreme poverty; an early marriage at the age of 14; hard manual labour in the factories of Piraeus; a series of hits in the 1970s that turned her into a folk song icon; famous admirers that include politicians, actors and shipping tycoons; adaptation to the pop-folk...

It is May, and in Fuenlabrada de los Montes, one of Spain’s most prolific honey-producing regions, beekeepers are worried. The third-generation beekeeper has noticed that the flowers in the fields near their town aren’t anywhere near as numerous as they were even a year ago. Their hives are dying off...

Today’s menu includes some of the most commercially successful vocalists of light folk: Antypas, Vassilis Karras, Notis Sfakianakis, Zafeiris Mellas, Antonis Remos, Aggeliki Iliadi, Litsa Giagkousi, next to global music ambassadors like Glykeria and rebetiko legends like Dimitris Kontogiannis. Their m...

What is the sound of Omonoia, one of the oldest and most central squares of Athens? The square lent its name to an entire sub-genre of laiko popular song, produced by a range of recording companies that were headquartered in the neighbouring streets of Omonoia: Panivar, Intersound, Polyphone, Sonora,...

What is the sound of Omonoia, one of the oldest and most central squares of Athens? The square lent its name to an entire sub-genre of laiko popular song, produced by a range of recording companies that were headquartered in the neighbouring streets of Omonoia: Panivar, Intersound, Polyphone, Sonora,...

Pyramidos: A Japanese band performing covers of Greek folk and traditional songs! Rodehihi: The band’s frontman and lead vocalist. A unique marriage of Greek & Balkan ethnic music with Japanese talent, innovativeness and creativity! From Epirus songs to dances from the Aegean islands and from r...

The album “Mrs. Kaiti and I” contains fifteen songs with the unique, almost primordial, voice of Kaiti Dali, together with the excellent musicians of KOEM, the orchestra of Stavros Xarhakos. One cloudy day, Stavros met Kaiti Dali in a basement of Victoria Square. And there, through the smoke of the...

Tonight, we are celebrating the birthday of probably the most important songwriter of the last three decades in Greece, by focusing on the more experimental moments of his career. Thanasis Papakonstantinou was born on April 26, 1959 and, since 1993 and the release of his first album, he has been constantly adding to the renewal of Greek song with his poetic and melodic universe. His music, firmly rooted in folk tradition, incorporates a wide spectrum of elements and influences, from rock to psychedelia. At the same time, Thanasis does not hesitate to publicly express his views on social matters, combining ... Read more

Tonight, we are celebrating the birthday of probably the most important songwriter of the last three decades in Greece, by focusing on the more experimental moments of his career. Thanasis Papakonstantinou was born on April 26, 1959 and, since 1993 and the release of his first album, he has been constantly adding to the renewal of Greek song with his poetic and melodic universe. His music, firmly rooted in folk tradition, incorporates a wide spectrum of elements and influences, from rock to psychedelia. At the same time, Thanasis does not hesitate to publicly express his views on social matters, combining ... Read more