Music
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‘Greek mythology teaches us how to live in the real world’
Harry James Angus knows all about blending cultures. As a member of popular band Cat Empire, he’s mixed rock, pop, soul, funk, jazz and a series of other musical styles …
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‘Rebetiko is not only Greek music, it’s Australian music’
The Melbourne Rebetiko Festival is underway and Fotis Kapetopoulos outlines what makes it particularly relevant today, not only to Greeks, but to the broader community.
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Greek music with a string quartet? They said it could never be done!
As part of the Greek Festival of Sydney, a 10-piece ensemble featuring a string quartet and a virtuoso trumpet player will perform rembetika at the Factory Theatre.
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Iconic rebetiko musicians flock to Melbourne for March showcase
Melbourne is getting its very own festival dedicated to showcasing the best of the Greek blues.
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‘We sing of pain and love and death and we dance about it’
In one of his rare interviews, Giannis Haroulis, the self-taught, record-breaking Cretan troubadour shares his images of Greece, as he prepares to perform in Melbourne and Sydney.
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Elvis the Greek
Peter Triantis looks back at the time he got All Shook Up and started channelling Elvis Presley on stage, becoming one of Australia’s leading ‘kings of rock’n’roll’.
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Xylouris White: Don’t call us free jazz
With the release of Xylouris White’s third album, George Xylouris talks about the connection he has with drummer Jim White and how their sound is more goatish than free jazz.
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Young singer, old soul
If ‘authentic happiness’ was one of your New Year’s resolutions, then you have an ally in the shape of Elle Eliades and in the sound of her voice and her powerful songs.
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Fading into Kirkis’ multifaceted universe
One of the most promising and enigmatic personas of Melbourne’s underground music and arts scene unravels himself.