Perdikes, the embroidered Easter eggs of Western Macedonia, are an egg-decorating tradition that turns Easter eggs into ...

Kristel Bechara uses dynamic colour and monochromatic backgrounds to convey the resilience of the feminine spirit in powerful paintings of Greek Goddesses. The post Kristel Bechara Reimagines Stunning ...

Her works include Greek Music in America (2019), Greeks in Tarpon Springs (2016), The Florida Folklife Reader (2011), and Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art (2004). She is also working on an ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...

In 2019, Grapefruit Records released a collection of artists who shaped British folk music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The compilation album Strangers in the Room: A Journey Through the ...

Public Domain Greek folk songs from the 1821 Revolution not only told the stories of brave revolutionaries but also served as historical texts and diffusors of tradition. Nobel Prize winner Odysseas ...

La Sirena sells handmade folk art on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Beyond the colorful storefront, is an owner who is as eclectic as the treasures she collects. Nestled in New York's East Village ...

In an effort to assess the spectrum of lament in Greece, this seminar considers musicological, cultural and social issues in Greek popular music, paying due attention to Theodorakis‘ work and ...

The work of Mikis Theodorakis and his contribution in the shaping of the Greek art-folk song is set to be the subject of an informative talk hosted by the Greek Community of Melbourne. The lecture ...

I’m just a fan of these four tunes, in particular. Nobody was doing folk music in the 1990s like Jeff Buckley. “Last Goodbye” is still considered his most commercially successful single in ...

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...