Popular Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos has died at 80

ATHENS, Greece -- ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Popular Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, known for his allegorical and ...
Greek Reporter

American Harpist Performs the Oldest Song in the World in Ancient Greek

A young harpist has performed a rendition of a 2,000-year-old ancient Greek song, thought to be the oldest complete piece of music.
Moviefone

Folk Bards - Moments of their lives and ours

The late Panos Geramanis talks to the forgotten heroes of the Greek Folk Song and retrieves moments from their lives, trying to record and revive images and values of an era, forever lost. Through his ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Legendary Greek folk singer Tolis Voskopoulos dies at age 80

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Columbus Greek Festival returns to downtown, celebrates 50th anniversary

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Opa! The Columbus Greek Festival is returning this weekend, marking 50 years celebrating the culture and ancestry of Greece. The annual festival runs from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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From the Greek mountains to Manhattan: folk music icon Petroloukas Chalkias honored after death

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is honoring the late clarinetist Petroloukas Chalkias, whose hypnotic, note-bending performances over the course of more than 70 years made him a hero of mountain folk ...
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Dionysis Savvopoulos, iconic Greek singer-songwriter, dies at 81

Greece is mourning the loss of Dionysis Savvopoulos, one of the country’s most beloved and influential singer-songwriters, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 81. His death marks the end of an ...

Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos buried in a state funeral

Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos was buried Saturday in Athens’ First Cemetery. He died at 80 after a heart ...