Color, contrast, diversity and at the same time a slowly disappearing genuine ‘Greekness’ best describes the northern Athens suburb of Nea Ionia some 7.5km from the city center. Learn more
Pontic Song: Aural Testimonies of Trying Times
Music and dance was and continues to be the Pontic Greeks' link to their homeland, from which they were forcefully displaced. Learn more
Greek Song Stories: ‘Makria Mou Na Fygeis’
Modest and low key, Greece's Kostas Virvos was one of the most influential songwriters of the rebetiko-laiko era. In 1944, he was arrested for writing slogans on walls. Learn more