Greek Music
Art
The Laterna, the Iconic Instrument of Greek Street Musicians
Any visitor to Ermou, the main shopping street in Athens, has likely seen Spyros Tarapossos and his laterna, or barrel piano.
The laterna is an automatic piano that is operated by turning a crank on the side of the instrument....
Greece
Sofia Vembo, the Singer of Victory
Sofia Vembo – The famous Greek singer of the 20th century, became synonymous with the epic Greek victories against the fascist Italian troops in 1940 and 1941 during the Greco-Italian war along the Albanian front.
Born in Gallipoli in Asia...
Greece
Manolis Chiotis: Star of Greek Music was Bouzouki Virtuoso
Manolis Chiotis is considered to be one of the greatest bouzouki players of all time. The musician, composer, and singer revolutionized Greek music with his four-course bouzouki and made music from Greece popular across the world, even in the...
Greece
Remembering Mikis Theodorakis’ Last Concert in Panathenaic Stadium
As Greece and the world mourn the death of Mikis Theodorakis, Greece's greatest composer, many have reflected on the music icon's last concert held in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens in 2017.
In a tribute to the legendary composer, a...
Greek news
Mikis Theodorakis: Greek Patriot, Renowned Composer Dead at 96
Mikis Theodorakis, the greatest Greek composer in history, whose music has touched generations, died on Thursday at age 96 in Athens.
His death at his home in central Athens followed multiple hospitalizations in recent years, mostly for heart treatment.
The composer...
Greece
The Most Influential Greek Rebetika Singers of All Time
Rebetika, sometimes called the "Greek Blues," is perhaps the most influential genre of Greek music. While the movement as a whole was significant internationally, there were a few Rebetika singers that defined the iconic genre. Rebetika singers, musicians, and...
Culture
My Afternoon With Zorba: When Mikis Theodorakis was Banned in Greece
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During the time of the military junta in Greece, from 1967 to 74, Greek composer and activist Mikis Theodorakis' music was banned.
By Bill Thomas
The road to my afternoon with Zorba began in 1968. I was in the US Navy...
Greek News
Greek Singer Tolis Voskopoulos Dies at 81
Tolis Voskopoulos, a legend of Greek popular music and cinema, has died in Athens on Monday. He was 80.
Greece
Stelios Kazantzidis: The Voice of Post-War, Poverty-Stricken Greece
Stelios Kazantzidis -- who died in 2001 --was the voice that contained the pain and desire of post-war, poverty-stricken Greece.
Greece
Rebetiko Included on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Rebetiko has been inscribed on UNESCO's "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity."
