Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite its centrality to today’s theater, musicals are often thought of as second class to what is considered legitimate theater, ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Popular Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, known for his allegorical and deeply poetic lyrics that commented on Greek politics, identity and society, has died. He was ...

Legendary clarinetist Petroloukas Halkias and millennial laouto player Vasilis Kostas both hail from the same region of Greece — Epirus — and Halkias even played at Kostas’ parents’ wedding. But the ...

Hotels, airports and shopping malls in Greece could be forced to play more domestically-made music under new legislation proposed by the Culture Ministry, intended to support Greek composers and ...

When Vassilis Tsitsanis passed away on January 18, 1984, music historians and experts knew that there will never be another ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Performing artists and art students -- some banging drums, playing trumpets and dressed in clown outfits -- gathered outside Greece's parliament Thursday during a strike that ...

A worker removes scaffolds in front of a giant mural depicting Italian composer Ennio Morricone created by Asterios Laskaris, Christos Laskaris and Dimitra Kalogirou under the auspices of the Greek ...

Macumba was born in Cyprus. This excellent band moves towards Latin Jazz and World Music directions and paths. The collaboration between Elias Ioannou (trumpet), Giorgos Morfitis (keyboard), Rodrigo ...

Headlining the New Orleans Greek Festival is not like most fests. It means performing on several days, and it helps to be able to please different festgoers’ tastes, from traditional music to ...