Imam Baildi is the first young Greek band that has managed to bring Greek music from the 40s, 50s and 60s to an audience around the world. Their music is based on remixing songs by legendary composers and singers, as well as combining them with new sounds and production techniques to make them contemporary. As [...]
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Sounds of Greece @ SXSW: Stereo Mike Ready to Take Over Austin
Stereo Mike, one of the Greek artists participating in the Sounds of Greece at SXSW event, talks about his success, as well as his upcoming performance in Austin. This year marks the first time Greek music will have a presence at the hugely popular SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The event, which highlights music, film [...]
Platon: The Greek Who Captured Most World Leaders
Greek-Brit Platon has been a photographer for 25 years and counting. His images are likely a snapshot in your mind that you’ve seen through one media outlet or another – whether on television, web, or even a poster you may have passed on the street. He’s captured moments in time around the world with the [...]
U.S. Marine Pete Holevas Is Semper Fi
Pete Holevas of Queens, New York, said he was inspired to enroll into the U.S. Marines because he wanted to serve his country and told of his inspiration in a interview with Markos Papadatos, and his military experience. His parents are from Nafpaktos and he has been to Greece twice and said he intends on [...]
Author Shares Struggle of Being Adopted During Greek Civil War (Interview)
Joanna Sonya Giangardella was just 10 years-old when her mother was forced to make the difficult decision of placing her in a United Nations-sponsored adoption program during the Greek Civil War. Joanna’s father had passed away and the family found themselves living in poverty in Pyrgos, so America seemed a more ideal environment for a [...]
Xander Demos Knows Guitar – and Greek
Guitarist Xander Demos may be rocking in the music world, but he says he’s in touch with his Greek heritage too. Demos, known for his blasting rock/metal rhythms, is touring the U.S. “My Greek heritage is pretty cool. I am exactly 50% Greek (25% Italian and 25% Russian). I have to say that one of my favorite things is [...]
Miss Teen America 2012 Proud of Greek Origin
Eleana Frangedis, the 18-year-old Greek-American from Clearwater, Fla. who was crowned Miss Teen America 2012 earlier this year said she’s proud of the title, but more so of her origin and one day would like to live in Greece. She has made a good impression not just with her beauty, but her intelligence. She is [...]
Meet Facebook’s Greek Engineer Toli Lerios
Writer of code, fixer of all things electronic, dispenser of inappropriate humor, enemy of grooming and formal clothing, and friend to all furry creatures, Toli works hard, sleeps even harder, but always makes time for family and the important things in life. Things like eating cheese, reading obscure legal documents, and trying to talk Christine [...]
Concordia Summit: A Greek’s Vision to Change the World Through Public-Private Partnerships
Concordia is a Singular Convening of Former and Current Heads of State, Business Executives and Non-Profit Leaders Devoted to Promoting Public-Private Partnerships. Bill Clinton to be joined by Laura Bush, John McCain, Donna Karan, Alvaro Uribe, Thomas Kean, Mikheil Saakashvili, and more on September 27 in New York City. In an economic environment of uncertainty, links [...]
Greek Deputy MFA: “American Election Does not Affect Greece”
Greek Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Konstantinos Tsiaras, spoke exclusively to Greek Reporter about the impact of American Elections in Greece and the purpose of his recent trip to the U.S.A. “I cannot comment on the American election, this is something that concerns only the people of the USA” said Tsiaras. However, a lot has [...]
Surf Legend Bob “The Greek” Bolen Still Rides the Waves
Now that the 2012 Olympics in London have come and gone, with some debate as to whether surfing should become part of future Games, the US Open of Surfing just finished its 53rd year in Huntington Beach, California. While the sport wasn’t around in ancient times, and Greece’s beautiful beaches have never really been known [...]
Father Dimitrios Moraitis: Making St. Paraskevi Shine
Eight years after Father Dimitrios Moraitis was installed as the “proestamenos” of St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church in Greenlawn, Long Island – and then starting his ninth year in the ministry – he has transformed the church into not just a place of worship, but of giving. St. Paraskevi has always been a very [...]
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