Music
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Konstantinos Pantelidis, brother of the late Pantelis announces 2023 Australian tour
Konstantinos Pantelidis, brother of the beloved Greek singer-songwriter Pantelis Pantelidis who died tragically in a car crash in 2016, is set to launch a tour of Australia in early 2023. …
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Triantafyllos to tour Australia in 2023
Popular Greek singer, Triantafyllos, will be in Australia in January 2023 for four live shows. The talented musician with huge hits such as “Krata Ta Ola”, “Min Me Trypas San …
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Live Greek and other music booming in post-pandemic Australia
The Victorian Music Development Office (VMDO) has released the latest results of their Music Habits survey of 2000 Australians. Despite the Covid pandemic that shut down live music for two …
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Krazy Kon continues to break records with his new album
Krazy Kon’s new album drop not only topped the charts, he held out superstars Daft Punk who sit at number two on the charts as Greece Mix Volume 27 debuted …
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Balkan brass and bagpipes to grace Northcote’s Parish Hall for one night only
On Friday 16 December a pan-Balkan contingent and friends will descend on Parish Hall at 52 James Street Northcote where an evening of musical delight will be held for patrons …
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1000mods ready for Australian tour
Often lately one sees the promotions of an Australian festival called Greek Fringe with the tagline ‘An exploration of contemporary Hellenic diversity and innovation’ and yet it has naught to …
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Melbourne’s new age ‘rebetissa’ is a Greek migrant in her 20s
Her Greek Australian mum was an opera singer, she grew up in Athens playing piano. Since moving to Melbourne with her family five years ago, she has become part of …
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Kaliopi Stavropoulos sings the blues
Georgina Tsolidis, a friend who shares my keenness for old school African-American blues and Rn’B music, recently put me on to blueswoman Kaliopi. Kaliopi is a Melbourne-based Greek-Australian Blues Artist, …
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Music for the soul
On Sunday, December 4 the Estonian House in Brunswick West will ignite with Greek and other world music. Zourouna, Senes Flamenco, Vardos, Alex and Tash Vargas, Zulya and the Children …
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From the taverna to Rod Laver Arena: Greek band Maistrato tours with Crowded House
“I think it’s likely our first album will be titled ‘Maistrato Live in Australia’, band leader Elias Dendias tells Neos Kosmos with a laugh. He’s not entirely joking. The ‘mysterious …