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Nalyssa Green is a singer, songwriter, thereminist from Athens, Greece. Her debut album, lo-fi, DIY “Barock” was released in 2010 followed by the 2012 folk-rock “The Seed” (Inner Ear). She is known for her gentle and ethereal voice, her romantic melodies, her dramatic outbursts and her passionate perform...

Kore. Ydro. were formed in Corfu during the autumn of 1993 by 15-year-old schoolmates Pantelis Dimitriadis, Giorgos Arvanitakis and Spiros Katagis. Konstantinos Amygdalos joined in 1997 and Spiros Katagis departed in 2000. Pianist/multi-instrumentalist Alexandros Makris joined in 2001, creating Kore....

Tango with Lions is the stage name of Berlin-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kat Papachristou. She has released four albums via Inner Ear Records. Her debut album Verba Time, released in 2010, received enthusiastic reviews. Her second album A Long Walk was released in 2013, followed...

I’ve always wondered why in the year 2024 there are still countries invading or fighting each other and why with all the lessons we have learned from history there are still people who want to kill each other. Until I met a group of conscientious objectors at a conference in Athens last week who believed i...

At the end of the 1970s, four students found themselves studying in Patras (Vangelis Delikouras, Argyris Papageorgiou, Lambros Karelas and Christos Papadopoulos). Together with Panagiotis Manolakos, who was already a professional musician, they formed one of the most successful bouzouki bands in history:...

The light-folk song is the most underrated genre of Greek song that has appeared in the last half a century. This is unfair, because the best light-folk songs are as important as the best folk, "art" or pop of the time. Many of the light-folk songs constitute underrated masterpieces or are, in any case,...

From Dimitris Kontolazos and Katerina Stanisi to Lefteris Pantazis and Antzela Dimitriou, from Tolis Voskopoulos to Pashalis Terzis and Vassilis Karras, there is a musical current that cannot be considered proper folk, but also cannot be ignored. It is something lighter than folk, something perhaps...

It was around 1960 when the well-known singer Michalis Menidiatis and his brothers opened the nightclub "Fantasia" first in the center of Athens and then exclusively to Hellinikon at the Athens Riviera. Big names appeared live, next to younger artists who later rose to stardom: Makis Christodoulopoulos,...

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...