Greece is steeped in fascinating holiday traditions, with its Christmas carols, or kalanda, being some of the most ...

His prolific career, which started at age 17, produced a hugely varied body of work that ranged from somber symphonies and an anthem for the Palestinian Liberation Organization to television and film ...

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". In fact, the Museum ...

37:00 Staying connected to the Greek Orthodox church 38:47 Holy Week at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church 48:22 St. John the Baptist and the Greek American community Penny Zavichas was raised ...

Hotels, airports and shopping malls in Greece could be forced to play more domestically-made music under new legislation proposed by the Culture Ministry, intended to support Greek composers and ...

Dancing, music and traditional dishes like gyros, souvlaki and moussaka will bring the shores of the Mediterranean to Southern California with the return of the Long Beach Greek Festival. “This is ...

A couple years back, Tompkins Square issued an unforgettable box set called To What Strange Place: The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora, 1916-1929, which collected a type of Eastern music that ...

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 ...

Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis died Thursday at age 96. A notice on his website cited cardiopulmonary arrest as the cause of death. Theodorakis' music for the film Zorba the Greek ...

Until last year, few Greeks had heard of Marina Satti. The architecture student-turned-classically-trained singer had performed in musicals and ancient Greek plays, but her music career was largely ...

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