When we hear the name Greece, two things come in mind. One is the rich ancient history and civilization with its huge offer to the modern world and the second is a sunbathed land, a beautiful island with wonderful beaches that makes everyone believe it is the perfect tourist destination. Nevertheless, what is the real image of modern Greece, not only regarding the music and arts but generally what is the contemporary Greek cultural background?
Thousands of years have passed since the end of the ancient glory. Many people believe that the modern Greeks are the direct descendants of the ancient geniuses but there are also others who support that the people of Greece of the 20th century have nothing to do with Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle etc as massive cultural and racial mixes occurred during the years of the Roman occupation, the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman occupation and after. There is no clear answer to that. It is common sense to reject that the evolution and human progress has to do with the DNA and other innate characteristics of a person or a group of people. The evolution is nothing more than the consequences of cultural interactions not only between people from different cultural backgrounds but even within the same social circle. The greatest cultural achievements do not belong to a specific society but they are part of the widespread human wisdom. You can call yourself wise if you have done something important, like a medical discovery, a musical invention, but you cannot call yourself civilized if you don’t understand that you have to share greatness. Continue reading »
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Sasha Baron Cohen, a comedian, an actor, a journalist… and ultimately the creator of the very successful movies “Borat” and “Bruno“. A man who does not put limits to his satire ending up to be considered sometimes “provocative” and ‘highly offensive” (especially for his first movie, Borat). Borat is a supposed man from Kazakhstan, a journalist living in a village under Third World conditions and because of that, the government of his country sends him to the US to obtain cultural lessons and help Kazakhstan to improve. When finally Borat arrives in the US, he confronts an unexpected cultural shock and he feels the vast differences between the developed west and his country.
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David Robert Jones, one of the most famous international musicians born in London in 1947. Since the age of 9 he showed interest for the arts and music and quickly became a multi-instrumentalist. He started performing with bands, experimenting with different music styles and his evolution in music came a few years later with some very important for the history of music albums that made him a superstar.
I discovered David Bowie in a record shop where his cover of “Wild is the Wind” was played. It made an impression on me with its warm interpretation and arrangement and I soon found out that Bowie is not only an important singer but also a supreme songwriter. Without him the world of music would not have been the same and perhaps we would not have a so large variety of music styles today.
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This is a classical guitar EP by Wichael R. Willow published by Black Sheep Music. It includes four guitar pieces and moves to dark trails with a lot of serenity. Unlike Spanish guitar classics, this album has a different feeling. It is very laid back and relaxed and one can sense that the driving force behind the pieces is their structure rather than their melodies. It is not a typical Spanish guitar album and the influences are very rich from different musical eras, from Baroque to late Romantic. The interpretation is unique as the classical tremolos are present together with a dirty, rock feeling.
What is the reason of this release?
The pieces were composed long before the fans had asked to release some classical guitar pieces, which means that the demand does not affect the creativity. This is an attempt to embrace all the styles of music and give to the people the different tone of creativity and musicality, Music has no limits, it doesn?t matter if these ideas are not new in the history of music. When you want to express your feelings there is no limitation in how to do that. You just do it.
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