Music is the food of the soul… and the Greek musical palette is as rich and satisfying a feast as one could dream of. The depth and diversity of Greek music is amazing, an area of interest and research yielding almost limitless results.
For exploration, here is an attempt at arranging these links to pages into categories. This is a continuously expanding project, and I welcome your input! Translations of the Greek lyrics are included as available
(I have noted where the translation is my own.)
May you enjoy discovering the poetry, lyrical beauty, profound soul stirrings and delightful charisma of these talented artists!
Στην υγειά μας! To our health!
| ANCIENT | ΑΡΧΑΙΑ |
Avaton
Daemonia Nymphe
The Seikilos Epitaph
| TRADITIONAL/FOLK MUSIC | ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΙΑΚΑ/ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΑ |
Chronos Aidonidis
Maria Anamaterou
Dimitris Apostolakis
Chainides
Ross Daly
Vangelis Dimoudis
Martha Frintzila
Haralambos Garganourakis
Petros Gaitanos
Glykeria
Nikos Grapsas
Aimilia Hatzidakis
Loudoviko of Anoyeion
Kostas Makedonas
Yiorgos Michael
Psarantonis
Psaroyiorgis
Domna Samiou
Kostas Sevastakis
Vassilis Skoulas
Domna Samiou / Domna Samiou Artistic Group for Folk Music
| CLASSICAL | ΚΛΑΣΣΙΚΗ |
Manos Atchalinotopoulos
Nikos Skalkottas
| REBETIKA | ΡΕΜΠΕΤΙΚΑ |
Music of the Outsiders
Matt Barrett’s guide to Rembetika & Laika
The Rebetika during the time of the Axis Occupation
Sotiria Bellou
Grigoris Bithikotsis- Rebetika
Anestos Delias
Roza Eskenazy
Dimitris Gogos, “Bagianderas”
Babis Goles
Yiannis Katsimichas
Vangelis Korakakis
Stavros Kouyoumtzis
Marika Ninou
Maryo
Yiannis Papaioannou
Kostas Roukounas
Vassilis Tsitsanis
Markos Vamvakaris
Stavros Xarhakos
Yiorgos Zampetas
Thanassis Zerledes
| POPULAR | ΛΑΙΚΑ |
Katie Garbi
Panos Gavalas
Yiannis Katevas
Dimitris Mitropanos
Yiannis Venizelos
Peggy Zina
| COMPOSERS | ΣΥΝΘΕΤΕΣ |
Vaso Alayiannis
Yiorgos Andreou
Nikos Antypas
Yiorgos Bousounis
Yiannis Glezos
Manos Hatzidakis
Hatzidakis/Gatsos
Hatzidakis in English
Yiorgos Hatzinasios
Zack Iakovidis
Sosos Ioannidis, Psyriotis
Apostolos Kaldaras
Kostas Kaldaras
Alexandros Kapsokavadis
Sarantis Kassaras
Yiorgos Katsaros
Yiorgos Kazantzis
Panayiotis Konstantakopoulos
Thomas Korovinis
Nikos Kypourgos
Christos Leontis
Nikos Mamangakis
Yannis Markopoulos
Notis Mavroidis
Thanos Mikroutsikos
Yiorgos Mitsakis
Antonis Mitzelos
Takis Morakis
Christos Nikolopoulos
Michalis Nikoloudis
Dimitris Papadimitriou
Akis Panou
Mimis Plessas
Lefteris Pliatsikas
Yiannis Spanos
Stamatis Spanoudakis
Yiorgos Stavrianos
Michalis Terzis
Loukas Thanou
Mikis Theodorakis
Mikis Theodorakis in translation
Theodorakis sings Theodorakis
Marios Tokas
Michalis Tranoudakis
Yiorgos Zikas
Nikos Zoudiaris
| SINGER-SONGWRITERS | ΣΥΝΘΕΤΕΣ-ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΣΤΕΣ |
Nikos Aivalis
Yiannis Angelakas
Alexiou singing Alexiou
Arletta singing her own songs
Nikolas Asimos
Leonidas Balafas
Christos Dantis
Evstathia
Mario Frangoulis- composer
Dimitra Galani- composer
Doros Georgiadis
Vangelis Germanos
Lakis Haniotis
Kostas Hatzis
Alkinoos Ioannidis
Haris & Panos Katsimichas
Alex Kavvadias
Loukianos Kelaidonis
Yiorgos Kinousis
Mariza Koch
Stamatis Kraounakis
Dimitris Lagios
Manos Loizos
Laurentis Mahairitsas
Sokrates Malamas
Mando
Aphrodite Manou
Georges Moustaki
Demos Moutsis
Dimitris Panagopoulos
Lakis Papadopoulos
Thanassis Papakonstantinou
Vassilis Papakonstantinou singing his own songs
Nikos Papazoglou, songwriter
Miltiades Paschalidis
Orpheas Peridis
Lena Platonos
Filippos Pliatsikas
Yiorgos Polychroniadis
Nikos Portokaloglou
Dimitris Psarianos
Manolis Rasoulis
Dionysis Savvopoulos
Paulos Sideropoulos
Stavros Siolas
Cat Stevens
Pantelis Thalassinos
Christos Thivaios
Panos Tsavelas
Michalis Tzouganakis
Nena Venetsanou
Eleni Vitali singing her own songs
Yiorgos Vrentzos
Nikos Xydakis
Thanassis Zacharopoulos
Dimitris Zervoudakis
| MALE VOCALISTS | ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΣΤΕΣ |
Grigoris Bithikotsis
Phoebus Delivorias
Nikos Dimitratos
Mario Frangoulis
Lakis Halkias
Yiannis Haroulis
Dimitris Horn
Antonis Kaloyiannis
Stellios Kazantzidis
Stamatis Kokotas
Yiannis Kotsiras
Vassilis Lekkas
Manolis Lidakis
Ilias Lioungos
Yiorgos Merantzas
Manolis Mitsias
Thanassis Moraitis
Vasilis Papakonstantinou
Nikos Papazoglou
Lakis Pappas
Yiannis Parios
Yiannis Poulopoulos
Dimitris Psarianos
Stavros Psaroudakis
Yiorgos Romanos
Yiannis Savvidakis
Notis Sfakianakis
Babis Stokas
Minos Theoharis
Michalis Violaris
Manos Xydous
Nikos Xylouris
Michalis Zambetas
Yiorgos Zografos
| FEMALE VOCALISTS | ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΣΤΡΙΕΣ |
Haris Alexiou
Rita Antonopoulou
Arletta
Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Popi Asteriadis
Fotini Darra
Maria Dimitriadi
Maria Farantouri
Zoe Fytousi
Dimitra Galani
Katie Homata
Angelique Ionatos
Melina Kana
Argyro Kaparou
Aliki Kayialoglou
Stella Konitopoulou
Sotiria Leonardou
Mairi Lo
Marinella
Kakia Mendri
Melina Mercouri
Milva
Vicky Moscholiou
Nana Mouskouri
Flery Ntantonaki
Flery Ntantonaki singing in English
Polly Panou
Marika Papagika
Sofia Papazoglou
Ellie Paspala
Alkistis Protopsalti
Maria Soultatou
Natasa Theodoridou
Eleni Tsaligopoulou
Tania Tsanaklidou
Tzeni Vanou
Alexia Vassiliou
Fotini Velesiotou
Sophia Vempo
Anna Vissi
Eleni Vitali
Savina Yannatou
Maria Zoe
Margarita Zorbala
| DUETS & MORE | ΝΤΟΥΕΤΤΑΣ & ΑΛΛΑ |
Haris Alexiou & Yiannis Kotsiras
Sotiria Bellou & Dionysis Savvopoulos
Sotiria Bellou & Vassilis Tsitsanis
Dakis & Christiana
Maria Farantouri & Mikis Theodorakis
Kostas Hatzis & Marinella
Antonis Kaloyiannis & Marinella
Lizeta Kalimeri & Loudovikos of Anoyeion
Melina Kana & Thanassis Papakonstantinou
Aphrodite Manou & Yiannis Fertis
Marinella & Stellios Kazantzidis
Nana Mouskouri & Demos Moutsis
Flery Ntantonaki & Dimitris Psarianos
Petri Salpea & Antonis Kaloyiannis
Domna Samiou & Dionysis Savvopoulos
Sonia Theodoridou & Alkinoos Ioannidis
Kaiti Thymi & Grigoris Bithikotsis
Eleni Tsaligopoulou & Alkinoos Ioannidis
Anna Vissi & Yiorgos Ntalaras
Dimitris Mitropanos & Vassilis Papakonstantinou
Vassilis Tsitsanis & Markos Vamvakaris
Trifono (Three Voices)
| ROCK GROUPS | ΣΥΓΚΡΟΤΗΜΑΤΑ ΡΟΚ |
Active Member
Constancy (Endelecheia)
Magic de Spell
Mavri Magioneza (Black Mayonnaise)
Pyx Lax
Raining Pleasure
Synitheis Ypoptoi (Usual Suspects)
Trypes (Holes)
Ypogeia Revmata (Underground Currents)
Zig Zag
| INSTRUMENTAL | ΕΝΟΡΓΑΝΗ |
Makis Ablianitis
Hatzidakis instrumentals
Eleni Karaindrou
Evanthia Reboutsika
Stamatis Spanoudakis- instrumentals
Mikis Theodorakis instrumentals
Vangelis
Yanni
| EXPERIMENTAL/ELECTRONIC | ΠΕΙΡΑΜΑΤΙΚΗ/ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΗ |
Anemos (Wind)
Diamanda Galas
Mode Plagal
Pythagoras music
Kristi Stassinopoulou
Konstantinos Vita
Iannis Xenakis