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Sofia Vembo, the Singer of Greek Victory

Sofia Vembo – The famous Greek singer of the 20th century, became synonymous with the epic Greek victories against the fascist Italian troops in 1940 and 1941 during the Greco-Italian war along the Albanian front. Born in Gallipoli in Asia...

The Most Influential Greek Rebetiko Singers of All Time

Rebetiko, sometimes called the "Greek Blues," is perhaps the most influential genre of Greek music. While the movement as a whole was significant internationally, there were a few Rebetiko singers that defined the iconic genre. Rebetiko singers, musicians, and...

Popular Greek Singer Sfakianakis Nabbed for Cocaine, Gun Possession

Popular Greek singer Notis Sfakianakis will appear in court on Monday after he was arrested for possessing a firearm and two grams of cocaine. The arrest occurred on Sunday night during a police operation to enforce the coronavirus curfew in...

Popular Greek Singer Yiannis Poulopoulos Passes Away at 79

Beloved singer Yiannis Poulopoulos whose melancholy voice marked Greece's 1960s and 1970s passed away on Sunday night at the age of 79, after facing heart problems in the past few years. Poulopoulos was discovered by Mikis Theodorakis in 1963 and...

Popular Greek Singer Gives Concert on Wheels for Athenians

Popular Greek singer Alkistis Protopsalti gave a concert from the top of a truck as it was moving through the center of Athens on Saturday. "As people cannot come to listen to me, I decided to go to them," Protopsalti...

Greek Fugitive Turned Hit Singer Arrested (video)

A Greek fugitive who had been on the lam for seventeen years was arrested earlier this week in Athens. But somehow in the intervening years he had managed to completely change his identity and lead a glamorous life in the...

Singer Keith Flint and The Prodigy's Close Ties to Greece (Video)

Following Keith Flint's shocking and unexpected death on March 4, 2019, Greek fans of the British band '"The Prodigy" remember the relationship the famous singer and his group had with Greece. The British singer, musician and dancer was among one of...

Actress and Singer Marianna Toli Passes Away

Acclaimed actress and singer Marianna Toli, who represented Greece at the 1977 Eurovision song contest passed away on Saturday, after a long battle with cancer. Toli studied Art History at the University of Kentucky, classic and modern dance in London...

Heartbreak for Cyprus as Israeli Singer Triumphs at Eurovision

The bookies were proved wrong on Saturday night when Israel's Netta Barzilai beat Eleni Foureira of Cyprus to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon. Foureira had been hot favorite to triumph at the final with her tantalizing performance of 'Fuego'. However, the...

Popular Singer Grigoris Bithikotsis Remembered

The passing of Grigoris Bithikotsis on April 7, 2005 marked the end of the era of the great Greek folk singers (laikos tragoudistis) and songwriters. Voices like that of Bithikotsis belong to a different time, to a different Greece. The...

Greek Singer Criticized for Turkey Performance

Greek singer Glykeria has come under fire for preparing to perform at an Istanbul concert hall on Tuesday. Some social media users are accusing the singer of being insensitive to the plight of the two Greek soldiers held in a...

British Singer/Songwriter's Album Inspired by Refugee Flow in Greece

Nadine Shah, from Whitburn, South Tyneside, in the northeast of England, has taken the inspiration for her third LP release Holiday Destination from migrants and refugees who have fled to Greece after seeing people complain about it ruining their...

Iconic Greek New Wave Singer / Songwriter Arletta, Dead at 72

Singer / songwriter Arletta, one of the most iconic figures of the Greek New Wave scene in the 1960s, has died at the age of 72. Having suffered many health issues in the last 9 years, including a stroke...

Popular Greek Singer Yiannis Kalatzis Dies at 74

The popular Greek singer Yannis Kalatzis, famous especially during the 60s and the 70s has died at the age of 74. Yannis Kalatzis was born in Thessaloniki in 1943 and his career as a singer began in the early 1960s...

New Evidence Indicates Greek Singer Pantelidis was Not Driving During Fatal Crash

New evidence in the case of the car crash that killed popular Greek singer Pantelis Pantelidis indicates that he was not driving the vehicle at the fatal moment. Ever since the fatal wreck on February 18, 2016, Pantelidis was believed...