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Thanasis Papakonstantinou

Unofficial Fan Page

About Me

Thanasis Papakonstantinou (born April 26, 1959 in Tyrnavos) is a Greek singer-songwriter.He is married with two children. He studied Mechanical Engineering in Thessaloniki, which he practiced for a while, before he devoted himself exclusively to music. After military he had a spell of handcrafting traditional greek musical instruments. Now a Larissa resident, he has established himself as one of the most original and prolific people in the greek music scene. He writes music in the greek folk idiom, stemming from his own recollections of traditional songs his parents sang while working in the field, usually writes his own lyrics or uses poems. He has collaborated with numerous notable artists from the Greek music scene, such as Giannis Aggelakas, Melina Kana, Sokratis Malamas, Lizeta Kalimeri, Nikos Papazoglou.

download songs here www.esnips.com/web/papakonstantinou

This is an unofficial Fan Page!!! It's made by Thanasi's Papakonstantinou fans.It's a place where we can show the love and the appreciation of his work.

VISIT THANASIS PAPAKONSTANTINOU UNOFFICIAL WEB SITE IN www.koiladatwntempwn.gr TO LEARN ALL ABOUT HIS NEW RECORD "DIAFANOS"


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/14/2006
Band Website: koiladatwntempwn.gr
Band Members: George Bandoek Apostolakis, Alex Apostolakis, Dimitris Mpaslam, Mitsos Mistakidis, Pantelis Stoikos, Fotis Siotas, Martha Frintzila.
Influences: traditional music, Kaldaras, Kazantzidis, Savvopoulos, Philip Glass, Tom Waits, Leonard Cojen, Manu Chao, Feiruz, Rosa Balistreri, Shankar
Record Label: LYRA / AXOS
Type of Label: None

My Blog

interview on "deutero programma" radio station

download his interview [07/12/06] on "deutero programma" radio station here
Posted by Thanasis Papakonstantinou on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:04:00 PST