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Apodimi Compania more »
Authentic textures, both exotic and entertaining. Masters of the traditional folk music of Asia Minor and Greece and its islands. &hellip » read more
Eleftheria Arvanitaki more »
From Greece
Rembétika is the folk music of urban Greece. The style takes its musical tone from the eastern Mediterranean, and its lyrics centre around the lives o&hellip » read more
Petros Floorfiller more »
From Greece, United Kingdom
Biography provided by artist management, May 2002: PETROS FLOORFILLER www.floorfiller.gr Petros Kozakos " FLOORFILLER" was set up in 1988, and is ma&hellip » read more
Pix Lax more »
From Greece
Information provided by artist management, May 2002: Friends since childhood, the members of Pix Lax were raised in the poor neighbourhoods of West A&hellip » read more
Savina Yannatou more »
From Greece
Born in Athens, Greece, Savina Yannatou studied song with G.Georilopoulou at the National Conservatory and later with Spiros Sakkas at the Workshop of&hellip » read more
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico more »
From Greece
2001 biography: A leading interpreter of baroque, renaissance and early musics, Savina Yannatou is one of the most respected singers in Greek music, n&hellip » read more
Matthaios Tsahourides more »
From Greece
Matthaios Tsahourides was born in Veria (Greece). At the age of 9, he took up the Pontic Lyra (a bottle-shaped stringed musical instrument of the Gree&hellip » read more
Rebetiki more »
For years Rebetiki have been playing urban Greek blues along with rural folk music from many regions of Greece. These songs dominated the music scene &hellip » read more
Ross Daly & Ensemble more »
From Greece
Embracing Eastern and Western influence in the music of Crete, Ross Daly (who has studied Cretan music for more than 30 years) blends ancient and cont&hellip » read more
Brassroots more »
From Greece, Ireland (Irish Republic), United Kingdom, United States
The covers band it's ok to love In the days of yore when punk's young guns stormed the battlements of the music establishment (ask your parents), they&hellip » read more
Apsilies more »
From Greece
The sound of rembetika - the Greek blues The blues weren't only felt by underprivileged sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta. Music that's shot thr&hellip » read more
Mavrika more »
From Greece, United Kingdom
Rembetika wears its 21st-century clothes Rembetika, the most familiar folk music of Greek descent, has always been the music of the streets, document&hellip » read more
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Performance Updates
- Mokoomba (Zimbabwe)
- World Routes Academy - Nefes/Fidan Hajiyeva/Dogan Mehmet & Boombox Karavan (Turkey/Azerbaijan/Cypru with
- The Dhol Foundation (United Kingdom)
- Diabel Cissokho (Senegal)
- Katy Carr & The Aviators (United Kingdom)
- the Barons of Tang (Australia)
- Sarah Savoy & The Francadians (France, United States)
- Desmali & D'Ambô de la Costa (Equatorial Guinea)
- Lévon Minassian (Armenia)
- Huun-Huur-Tu (Russia, Tuva)