Music

Irene Cara, who sang two of the most iconic theme songs in movie history for Fame (1980) and Flashdance (1984), has passed away at the age of 63. The Oscar-winning singer-actress died in her Florida home on Friday, according to...

The Eurovision Song Contest has declared major alterations to the voting process for next year's contest hosted by Liverpool. Juries will not participate in the voting process during the semi-finals after the discovery of unusual discrepancies in voting. All six...

Julian Marley, the son of the reggae music icon Bob Marley, released a new single together with prominent Greek singer and songwriter Stamatis Gonidis on Tuesday. The song has a Greek title: Monos mou boro (I can do it myself)...

Two Greek female vocalists take part in the haunting soundtrack of Netflix's new series, 1899, which premiered on Thursday. 

The Recording Academy announced the 2023 Grammy Awards nominations during a special event in Los Angeles on Nov 15. Topping the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards® list are Beyoncé (9), Kendrick Lamar (8), Adele (7), Brandi Carlile (7), Mary J. Blige...

A rapper from Migos, the American hip-hop group, was shot and killed in downtown Houston on Tuesday. Takeoff, one of the three members—the others beings Quavo and Offset—was known for creating hits, such as "Versace" and "Bad and Boujee." Migos...

The Konstantinos Argiros and 50 Cent concert at OAKA stadium in Athens, Greece kicked off at 6:30 pm on Sunday, October 30th. Excited crowds, committed fans, and youngsters have flooded the OAKA stadium to witness the most talked about concert...

Corfu is the most musical island in Greece with hundreds of music associations and dozens of orchestras and bands. Even the way its natives speak is musical, as their speech often sounds like singing. Corfu is also the third most...

Taylor Swift’s 10th album ‘Midnights’ crashed Spotify and sparked an online fan frenzy following its release on October 21. Swift's discography is full of high points for exuding smart lyricism and crafty songwriting. It also marks a gradual return...

A pioneering music school opened on the Greek island of Syros following an initiative to preserve folk and rebetiko music by composer Stavros Xarchakos. Thanks to a donation by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and the contribution of sponsors and...

Many compare the Greek piano prodigy Stelios Kerasidis with the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Recently, he once again garnered applause when he gave a concert at Rome airport  that went viral across all social media platforms. At just ten years...

The Band of Messolonghi "Dionysios Solomos”, the orchestra and the Stamatis Spanoudakis choir collaborated at Herodeon dedicated a concert last week to the 1922 Smyrna disaster. Composer Stamatis Spanoudakis invited the band to participate in playing marches from Smyrna as...

The music group Sounds of Cyprus have taken to the streets of New York City, performing traditional Cypriot music in Manhattan, this time in the center of the Big Apple at Times Square. Elena Chris, Peter Douskalis, and Alex Tasopoulos...

Tommy Lee, the Greek-American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, is turning sixty today on October 3rd. Lee was born in Athens to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American Army serviceman, and mother Vassiliki...

Norwegian rock band Madrugada stunned dozens of thousands of Greek fans at a spectacular concert in Athens Panathenaic Stadium on Saturday.