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A brighter day - Helena Paparizou

Helena Paparizou sings A brighter day, a song with English lyrics that started its "career" as "Antitheseis", one of the most successful Greek songs performed by Helena Paparizou in the previous years. Helena Paparizou, soon after her great success in the Eurovision song contest decided to release an album with Greek songs in English lyrics, [...]

Eftychia Papagiannopoulou

Eftichia Papagianopoulou (1893 - 1972) was one of the most famous and recognized Greek lyric writers. Papagiannopoulou was the first woman who made a blast writing lyrics for Greek songs, although not acknowledged right away. Eftychia Papagiannopoulou Short Biography Eftychia Papagiannopoulou was born in Aidini, a town close to Smyrni (Izmir) in Asia Minor in [...]

Ilie mou se parakalo - Giorgos Dalaras

Giorgos Dalaras sings ilie mou se parakalo, a Greek song which translates to "Please, my sun" in English. Ilie mou se parakalo is a song composed by Manos Loizos and lyrics written by Lefteris Papadopoulos that was released in 1972. Ilie mou se parakalo can be explained in two different ways: according to the first [...]

Nychterini ekpompi - Afroditi Manou

Afroditi Manou sings Nychterini Ekpompi , a Greek song which translates to Night Radio Show. Nychterini Ekpompi is an old beloved song that talks about the unexpected games of love and life in a humorous and funny way. A sudden and unexpected love can come to our lives any moment; on the road during early [...]

Eleftheria Arvanitaki at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2011

Eleftheria Arvanitaki at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2011! Featuring in Javier Limon's "Mujeres de agua" project North Sea Jazz Festival Eleftheria will appear on a great show on July 10th in Rotterdam. The North Sea Jazz Festival opened its gates in 1976 in the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague. It was one of the largest [...]

Entechni Greek Music - Entechna Greek Songs

If you like Greek music, you are most likely to listen to Entechni Greek music, one of the most common and popular types of Greek music. Entechni music (entechni mousiki) and entechna songs (entechna tragoudia) are translated to "artistic music" and "artistic songs" respectively, although this translation does not really communicate its real meaning. The [...]

Dyo portes ehei i zoi - Stelios Kazantzidis

Stelios Kazantzidis sings Dyo portes ehei i zoi, a Greek song which translates to "life has two doors" in English. Dyo portes ehei i zoi is also known as "To teleftaio vrady mou", and is composed by Stelios Kazantzidis on lyrics written by Eftychia Papagiannopoulou. There are two theories on how this song was written: [...]

Esy me ksereis pio poly- Alexiou & Pliatsikas

Haris Alexiou and Filippos Pliatsikas sing "Esy me ksereis pio poly", a Greek song which translates to "You know me better" in English. Esy me ksereis pio poly is a nice duet performed by two of the most distinguished artists in entechni Greek music today: Haris Alexiou and Filippos Pliatsikas. It is known that we [...]

Museum of Greek Music Instruments in Athens

The museum of Greek music instruments is located in Athens, in the district of Plaka in the historical center of the city of Athens. The collection of the museum of Greek music instruments consists of 1200 known and less popular music instruments from the mainland of Greece and the Greek islands, dating from the 16th [...]

Pio poly - Michalis Hatzigiannis

Michalis Hatzigiannis sings Pio poly, a Greek song which translates to "Much more" in English. Pio poly is a song written and composed by Hatzigiannis himself. It is a feel good song, a summer song, which is suitable for those who are in love and want to express their feelings to the person they love. [...]

Museum of Ancient Greek Music Instruments in Katakolon

The museum of Ancient Greek music instruments operates in Katakolon Greece, a famous port of call for cruise ships close to ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. The museum of Ancient Greek music instruments is housed in the same building as the museum of ancient Greek technology and provides us with useful information [...]

Apopse leo na min koimithoume - Pantelis Thalassinos and Lathrepivates

Pantelis Thalassinos and Giannis Nikolaou sing Apopse leo na min koimithoume, a Greek song which translates to "let's not sleep tonight" in English. Apopse leo na min koimithoume is a summer song, which encourages us to leave all problems behind and head to the beach, have fun and enjoy life. It is a song about love [...]

Zeibekiko tis Evdokias

Zeibekiko tis Evdokias is one of the most famous instrumental themes in Greek music. In Greek it should be translated as "Zeibekiko of Evdokia". Zeibekiko tis Evdokias was composed by Manos Loizos in 1971 for the homonym movie, Evdokia by Alexis Damianos. It is, along with Zorba the Greek, one of the most recognizable Greek [...]

Me mia matia - Giannis Ploutarchos, Al Bano

Giannis Ploutarchos sings the song "Me mia matia", which translates to "With one glance" in English. Me mia matia is the Greek version of the song Felicita by Al Bano, who actually participates in this version as well, singing along with Giannis Ploutarhos. The album of Giannis Ploutarchos in which he collaborates with Al Bano [...]

Erotiko - Eleftheria Arvanitaki

Eleftheria Arvanitaki sings "Erotiko", a Greek song, which translates to "Of love", or simply "love song". Erotiko is a very known Greek love song based on the verses written by Napoleon Lapathiotis, a famous Greek poet. The song is tender, but in a rather pessimistic tone, talking about the unfulfilled desire for love, devotion and sharing. However, [...]