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Poly Panou: Remembering her Ethos

Posted On September 30, 2013October 9, 2023 By Maria Paravantes3 Comments

Poly Panou (Polytimi Koliopanou), one of the most loved interpreters of the Greek laika and rebetika genres, will be laid to rest today in Athens.... Learn more

Category: Greece Culture and Heritage/Greek Music

Dimitris Mitropanos: Greece’s Diamond in the Rough

Posted On April 17, 2012April 3, 2023 By Maria Paravantescomment

Mitropanos will live on though his songs, which will continue to speak to the hearts of Greeks and friends of Greeks far and wide. And that, my friends, is true immortality. Learn more

Category: Greek Music

Greek Song Stories: Don’t Think and Drive…

Posted On March 29, 2012April 3, 2023 By Maria Paravantescomment

There’s always something about drinking and driving… it just shouldn’t be done… but thinking and driving? Well, that’s another story altogether and a very successful... Learn more

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