Giorgos Mazonakis, one of Greece’s most popular and distinctive singers, died on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 54 years old.
Mazonakis was rushed in critical condition to Elpis Hospital in Athens, where doctors confirmed his...
The song "Yes! We Have No Bananas," which was based on Greek fruit sellers, became an unlikely but timeless hit after it was released for the first time in March of 1923.
The tune was written by Frank Silver and...
The oldest song to have survived in its entirety is a first-century AD Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.”
The song, the melody of which is recorded, alongside its lyrics, in the ancient Greek musical notation, was found in...
At some point during the 6th century BC, a lyric poet named Lasus of Hermione was born in the region of Argolis in Greece. He was to leave a truly significant mark on the world of ancient Greek poetry...
The story of Maria Pentagiotissa contains all the elements of an urban legend, yet she was a real person and some consider her to be the first femme fatale in modern Greece.
Maria Daskalopoulou is said to have been born...
For the Ancient Greeks, music was far more than mere entertainment—it was a means of harmonizing the human soul with the divine. Across bustling agoras, the battlefields of the ancient world, and the healing sanctuaries of Asklepios, melodies and...
French actress Brigitte Bardot, one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s died on Sunday at age 91. Bardot was not just a famous actress—she also explored her talent for singing.
The well-known Greek composer and...
No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, whistled the first tune, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled that which we recognize today as music.
By Laura Dallman
The short answer is that no...
Pop superstar Kylie Minogue thrilled thousands of fans in Athens, Greece, on Friday night as she brought her electrifying Tension Tour to the country.
This was the headline act of the much-anticipated Release Athens 2025 festival, held at Plateia Nerou—an...
