Crete has a prolific nightlife scene with tourists hosted at town-centre bars and clubs, waterside venues and local wine bars - stamkar/stamkar Recently celebrating 25 years of existence, this is one ...

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According to George Xylouris’s stories of Anogeia, the small mountain village in Crete where he was raised and still lives is so saturated with music that even the newspaper arrives as a kind of song.

In this case the tradition is Cretan: the mantinades, syrtoi and ritzika of an island proud of very distinctive musical style are usually played on lute and the lyra – an upright bowed string ...

If you’re born a Xylouris, there’s really only two ways you can go. You either embrace your destiny and pick up a musical instrument, or you reject it out of hand, and do anything but. For siblings ...

History in indie rock usually operates in the realm of the fairly recent. When a band plays a Big Star or Karen Dalton cover or gets Steve Albini to record an album, it harkens back to music that’s 20 ...

This article by April Peavey originally appeared on PRI.org on September 6, 2016. It is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. Crete, the Greek island between Italy and Turkey, is a ...

The Greek duo Xylouris White brings its Cretan-flavored traditional music to El Crisol at Exo Coffee on Friday, Dec. 13. Tucson world music ensemble Kyklo — fronted by Paul Aimel — will make a rare ...

Popular Music is an international multi-disciplinary journal covering all aspects of the subject from the formation of social group identities through popular music, to the workings of the global ...

Maria Manousaki stands as one of Greece’s most successful and versatile musicians , working to great acclaim and commercial success as a violin performer and band leader, Maria's musical style can be ...