Eleftheria Arvanitaki

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• Alexandros Ktistakis  (drums, percussion)
• Dimitris Barbagalas  (guitars, bass, arrangements)
• Giannis Kirimkiridis  (piano, keyboards)
• Thomas Konstantinou  (bouzouki, lute, oud, cumbus)

• country:
  Greece
• style(s):
  Traditional Contemporary
• label:
  Universal Music
• type:
  Band, Solist
• gender:
  female
• instrumentation:
  vocal
• artist submitted by:
  ARTos & Theama

...Her last release named "Mirame" is a collaboration with the very famous and Grammy awared Spanish composer and producer Javier Limon. The album, which combines a variety of sounds a rhythm from Greece, Spain and even Northern Africa, will be released internationally by Universal Music in November 2008

"There is no doubt about it, the hot name internationally on the Greek music scene is Eleftheria Arvanitaki. Her voice has a clarity and emotional depth that registers whether or not you understand the words, and the music she sings has a lyricism and instrumental sophistication that sets it apart."
(The Rough Guide to World Music)

"Eleftheria Arvanitaki is refreshing the popular music of the Mediterranean..."
(El Pais)

"Eleftheria Arvanitaki embodies in the most essential way a country whose past is steeped in the Orient, but at the same time tends to look towards the West. Either as a solo artist, or with her earlier group Opisthodromiki Kompania in the '80s, her work is the amalgamation of the best of the two worlds. Her exciting, expressive voice made her a favourite with many talented songwriters that helped her fulfill her artistic vision."
(Folk Roots)

"A key figure in the rediscovery of Greek traditional styles such as rembetika, the country's distinctively lyrical, blues-like music, her last concert proved that she has a voice of extraordinary clarity and emotional depth. Add her powerful stage presence and a band unlike anything you have heard at the local taverna, and this should be a night to remember."
(The Times)

Links

• Eleftheria Arvanitaki's official website
• Eleftheria Arvanitaki Facebook Fans' page