Agathonas

Greece's well-known Rebetiko musician Agathonas Iakovidis passed away suddenly in Thessaloniki at the age of 65 on Wednesday, according to information from the website thestival.gr. The famed musician, who was not known to have had any chronic health ailments, was...

Cheery, dynamic, professionally perfect and above all optimistic, Koza Mostra along with the “heavy artillery,” the Greek folk singer of rebetiko Agathonas Iakovidis, managed to stir up Eurovision despite only a sixth-place finish among 26 countries. The Greek group's performance...

Greece represented by Koza Mostra and Agathon advanced to the 2013 Eurovision song contest final. The Greek song "Alcohol is free" has been discribed as a fusion between electronic dance and rebetiko. Together with Greece another 25 countries will compete on...