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Manos Hadjidakis (while his name is normally spelled in British) could very well be contemporary Greece’s greatest composer and songwriter, rivaled only by Mikis Theodorakis for the name. Hadjidakis helped usher in a fresh period of Greek music within the post-WWII period, elevating the earthiest strains of Greek folk and …

The ancient, polyphonic, vocal traditions of Sardinia, dating back again a lot more than 1,000 years, are resurrected from the four singers of Tenores di Bitti: Danielle Cassellu, Mario Pira, Piero Sanna and Tancredi Tucconi. The quartet’s mastery from the custom have produced them popular amonst the even more experimental …

A number of the world’s most unusual noises are made by Sardinia-based group Tenores de Oniferi. Rooted in Sardinia’s polyphonic performing custom, the group was explained by Pole Stradling of Musical Customs as “more youthful, quicker and harder….both even more suitable for a ‘world music’ audience and nearer to the …

Xylouris Light is a duo made up of Cretan longnecked lute (laouto) participant Giorgis Xylouris and Dirty 3 drummer Jim White colored. The pair fulfilled while Xylouris was surviving in Melbourne plus they stayed in contact. They got their 1st chance to try out together in the Nick Cave-curated ATP …

Marika Ninou was among the leading Greek vocalists through the early-’50s. Her 78 rpm recordings offered a tone of voice for the compositions of Vasilis Tsitsanis, Manolis Hiotis, Yannis Papaioanou, Yorgos Mitsakis, and Apostolas Kaldaras. A indigenous of Causasus, Ninou found Athens in 1948, carrying out an acrobatic work with …

Greek musician Sokratis Sinopoulos is a modern master from the lyra, a little bowed device that goes back towards the Byzantine period. His playing can be sensitive and nuanced however extremely expressive, and his effectiveness for the instrument continues to be broadly acclaimed. Sinopoulos provides collaborated with many music artists …

With over 40 albums and countless hit music over his 25-yr profession, Thanos Mikroutsikos became one from the main and critically acclaimed composers from the last years in Greece. Mikroutsikos was created in Patra on 1947. From a age he began learning music (piano, music theory, and tranquility) in the …