A visitor looks at bells displayed at the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments (MELMOKE) in Athens February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis By Jeremy Gaunt ATHENS(Reuters) - Tucked away in ...
EVROPOS, Greece, - In Evropos, a village in northern Greece, Danis Koumartzis carves out the wooden sound box of a traditional lyre before covering it with animal hide and attaching nine strings that ...
When it comes to Greek traditional (folk) music, both rural and urban, before the 80’s, it seems that “women do not play folk music instruments”. All professional or semi-professional players met by ...
At Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Greek musicians are leading a rediscovery of intercultural dialogue through music. At the forefront of these efforts is Cretan singer Eirini Tornesaki (also known by ...
Euterpe Collective is the brain child of Katerina Stevens and Stav Thomopoulos. The two experienced musicians who've been making waves in Melbourne's Greek music scene, wanted to provide a safe and ...
ATHENS(Reuters) - Tucked away in a corner of Athens' historic Plaka district is a small museum showing that there is more to Greek music than "Zorba's Dance" and "Never on Sunday". ATHENS(Reuters) - ...