Professors at Turkish universities have carried out research into the similarities between Turkish and Greek music.
The Turkish and the Greeks, who have lived next to each other for many centuries, have preserved many of the similarities between their two societies, from musical style to instruments and lyrics, say the ethnomusicologists. Their research took two years and was carried out in seven Greek cities, including Athens.
The study included 4,057 Turkish songs, of which 127 were found to have the same melodies as ancient Greek tunes.
Three-thousand words of Turkish-origin still survive in the Greek Language; last year Greek poet Yianni Boziki compiled a dictionary of Greek's Turkish words.
DF: On a similar note we wonder how many Turkish words are of Greek origin?
posted on Monday, February 5
Iron Maiden have confirmed that they will be playing a headline show in Athens on Sunday March 11th 2007.
The venue is the 10,000 capacity Faliro Pavilion Indoor Arena in Athens and tickets for the show will be going on sale on Tuesday 16th January. Lead singer Bruce Dickinson said: "The Greek audiences are amongst the craziest anywhere and we look forward very much to playing the show."
DF: At one time, 'A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH' was thenumber one album in Greece for four weeks.
posted on Monday, January 15
As
Eurovision draws closer and closer, Greece has officially announced the song writer for this years competition. Michalis Hatzigiannis, no strager to those who follow Greek music, has said that he will be writing the song that Greece will represent in Eurovision 2007. Asked if he would also perform, Michalis said that although he had been offered both the songwriter and performer position for the competition, he vowed only to do the writing. (He feared that his aspirations to make it big in the US and UK might be hurt by a Eurovision performance.) The song will be written in English, according to Hatzigiannis.
ERT has announced that the public will know by the end of January who the representative will be for Greece in this years competition.
DF: What do you think? Should the song have some Greek in it, or should it be all in English?
posted on Monday, January 8
Well-known Greek composer and soundtrack writer Eleni Karaindrou's arrival in Turkey this past week is of a different sort of reconciliatory tone than that of the Pope, as she joined musical forces with Turkish colleagues on Sunday night in a concert organized by Istanbul's Encounter of North-South Musicians for Peace.
This is Karaindrou's debut performance in Turkey as well as her first collaboration with Turkish musicians, and the artist hopes to create a different kind of peace dialogue during her visit.
Karaindrou performed in the closing event of the annual Pera Fest, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year.
DF: Karaindrou is best known for her music for the films by Theo Angelopoulos.
[musicolog]
[turkishdailynews]
posted on Monday, December 4
Although not yet confirmed, it appears that Tamta (a Georgian singer who was in the Super Idol competition in Greece two years ago) will be representing Greece in Eurovision 2007 in Helsinki.
The problem is that Tamta is not a Greek citizen. ERT is still determining if she can still qualify for the Euro Vision Contest. According to oikotimes.com, Greeks might not be too keen on this decision being that the country has a plathora of great Greek singers, and that also there was bickering on who the representative would be.
DF: Any of our readers familiar with Tamta?
[oikotimes]
posted on Tuesday, November 21
In the last 30 years, there have been hundreds of licenses approved to start up radio stations throughout the country. This can not be more noticeable than in the nomo of Attiki, where there are dozens upon dozens of radio stations (in several languages now also be it), catering to the growing population.
Ironically though, out of the top 25 radio stations in the Attiki area, only 7 have Greek names. The rest either have English names, or are in Greek-english.
The list of the English named radio stations are: Sfera, Antenna, Love Radio, Village,Orange, Red, Athens Dee Jay, John Greek, Kiss, Galaxy, Oasis, Nitro, Best, Soho, Rock, Flash, Radio Gold, EPA 2.
The Greek named channels include. Skai, Ruqmo, Lamyh, Melwdia, Spor FM, EPA Spor, Diesh,
DF: Have any of our readers also noticed the large number of English songs played throughout Greece?
[odeg.gr]
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posted on Thursday, November 9
Get ready Greek North American music fans. MPGreek, billed as "the world's first Greek digital music store" is coming to a "Greektown" near you. Plans call on visiting multiple cities in the U.S. and Canada by years end. MPGreek has been building buzz around its successful downloadable music service for some time now and is ready to take their product directly to the people.
First up is Astoria NY. Tonight!
DF: If you haven'r visited the site, take a look. The guys have added, videos, ringtones and "foreign" music to the line up.
[mpGreek]
posted on Thursday, October 26
Want to recapture those summer memories from Greece while slaving away at the office? So do we. Hence we added a new radio station to our short list of music favorites. Athens Party, from the folks at Arion Radio, plays the latest hits from around the world, mostly in English, but puts you in that upbeat mood that reminds you of those late nights clubbing in Greece. Join the party and let us know what you think.
[AthensParty] (launches radio player)
posted on Monday, October 23
Want the latest Greek hits from Greece and the best remixes available in the land down under? Make sure to stop by the newest Greek music store which will be opening up in Kogarah on October 23rd. DJ Krazy Kon, who has made a name for himself in the past decade by spinning the best Greek music around, and creating the hottest Greek Compliatoin CDs, will now be able to cater to your every needs. Not only will the store have music for sale, but one can also book DJs for upcoming events.
Make sure to check the website when the store is open! Not in Australia? Not a worry..you can always order CDs online.
[alphamusic.com.au]
[djkrazykon]
DF: Hey to our Aussie Greek readers....have any of you heard of DJ Krazy Kon before?
posted on Monday, October 16
As we alluded to yesterday, Mario tore it up in Chicago. He stayed well into the night to sign autographs and to meet and greet all his adoring fans, Truly a class act!
More Mario Madness tomorrow!
posted on Wednesday, October 11
