If you ever thought of visiting Athens, I am sure you have been advised to avoid the area called “Exarcheia”. I have no doubt that your tourist office has informed you to stay away from this district and all the surrounding areas as they have been unfairly connected with high crime, prostitution, drug dealing and of course with the Greek riots of 2008.
I believe whatever has been said about Exarcheia is just bad rumors given by the unpopular Greek establishment and BBC’s widespread far right propaganda. First of all, I have found a documentary (in the above playlist) which confirms that Exarcheia is nothing more than a great place to live,full of artists, punks, an ideal place for a “cult lifestyle”. Just like every big city has its own place where people that attracts people with alternative beliefs (Camden Town in London, Kreuzeberg in Berlin), same in Athens. Continue reading »
Berlin is a fundamentally musical city that nurtures and promotes all different kinds of music. As it is almost impossible to describe here the entire diversity of music in Berlin, we will discreetly overlook (for the purposes of this post only) the indisputable status of classical music and walk the streets of the city in search of the music that mingles with the people, in the clubs, live venues and cabarets.
Cabaret
Although the art of cabaret originated in Paris in 1881, it quickly spread to cities abroad, Berlin being among the first. Following the French tradition, the Berlin cabarets attracted avant-garde artists of all kinds who shared their ideas and fought the conservative establishment and the censorship inflicted by the Kaisers in the early years and Hitler’s Nazi party during the 30’s. Posted: 20 April 2009. Continue reading »
Florence: A city renowned for its baroque architecture, medieval alleys and brilliant atmosphere, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in Italy (if not the whole Europe). The city of Renaissance with a very unique and original identity; in fact it was a pioneer. Many other European cities have been influenced by Florence and its cultural heredity is very rich. Famous residents were Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo Buonaroti, Galileo Galilei, Sandro Botticelli, the modern fashion designers Roberto Cavalli, Guccio Gucci and the list goes on.
As far as music in concerned, it is well known that the achievements of Florence are mainly focused in classical music (it was home of the Florentine Camerata which experimented with the first operas in the 16th century, Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the pianoforte in 1711), what is more interesting, however, is the least famous music profile of Florence, its folk, jazz and modern music that lives and thrives under the skin of the city. Posted: 22 March 2009. Continue reading »
Black Sheep Music is an independent record label whose main objective is to publish and promote the
Michael Willow albums. It is not a conventional label and promotes only worthwhile music in a variety of genres (rock, pop, classical, electro etc). BSM at the moment does not sign other artists but we hope in the near future to extend our collaborations.
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