Artist Profiles: Makis Ablianitis
Makis Ablianitis was born January 29, 1964. He’s an acclaimed composer and one of the best guitar players in Greece. His relationship with music began…
Artist Profiles: Kristi Stassinopoulou
Singer, lyricist and fiction writer Kristi Stassinopoulou was born January 20, 1956, in Athens, Greece. She’s been involved in Greece’s underground music scene for many…
Artist Profiles: Kostis Maraveyas
Kostis Maraveyas (Κωστής Μαραβέγιας), also known as Kostis Maravegias and Maraveyas ilegál, is a versatile Mediterranean music artist. He is a composer, arranger, singer, and…
Artist Profiles: Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Eleftheria Arvanitaki has been one of the most important figures of contemporary Greek music for the past years. The clarity and emotional depth of her…
Sharon Shannon’s Globetrotting Songs
Sharon Shannon – Sacred Earth (Celtic Collections, 2017) Irish accordionist is a masterful musician who is comfortable playing traditional music as well as exploring the…
Los Angeles Vallenato
Very Be Careful – Daisy’s Beauty Salon (Downtown Pijao/Steady Beat Records, 2018) Los Angeles band Very Be Careful recorded this album in an abandoned recording…
Flamenco Pop and EDM
Elena Andujar – Flamenco In Time (Wake Up! Music, 2018) Elena Andujar’s Flamenco In Time intends to bring together electronic dance music (EDM), flamenco pop…
Artist Profiles: Kostas Theodorou
Bassist, guitarist and composer Kostas Theodorou has been an active member of the Greek music scene since 1983. That year he moved to Thessaloniki from…
Artist Profiles: George Dalaras
George Dalaras was born on September 29, 1949 in Piraeus, the main port of Athens, Greece. George Dalaras comes from a tradition of folk and…
Artist Profiles: Christos Tsiamoulis
Christos Tsiamoulis (Χρήστος Τσιαμούλης) was born in Athens, Greece in 1961. He studied guitar and theory at the National Conservatory of Athens. From 1980 he…