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Elisavet ~Journo~

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About Me

I'm a broadcast and print journalist who loves music, pop, rock, mainstream, alternative, soul, r'n'b, jazz, world and folk! Anything with a great sound!
So the plan for this webspace is to provide you with interviews of artists and bands that I like and think are worth listening to and concert reviews. Occasionally, articles not related to music will sneak their way in as well... And feel free to comment, debate and post your views on my blog and create a space for some discussion or just air your views with the rest of the readers.
Outside the world of MySpace, I work as a freelance producer for radio and TV, write and produce radio features on music, news and current affairs and write articles for music magazines.
But let's face it - my real claim to fame is that I am the first pontia to have a website on myspace! Beat that!
Thanks for stopping by and you can read my other blog on http://sotiriadou.wordpress.com
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My Interests

Music, poetry, lyrics and writing!
Some of my favourite poets are Vincent Woods, Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, Elma Mitchell, Nick Drake, Yehuda Amichai, Jacques Prévert, Aleksandar Ristovic, Maya Angelou, Cseslaw Milosz, T S Eliot, CP Cavafy and Tomas Tranströmer

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to interview Zidane!! Well, apart from that I'd like to interview people, meet people to discuss work possibilities, development and network in the world of radio, TV and publishing.

Music:

I have a wide taste in music: pop, rock, mainstream, alternative, soul, r'n'b, jazz, world, folk. Here's just a selection of music I like: India.Arie, Stevie Wonder, Garbage, Hard-Fi, Lionel Richie, Orson, Flaming Lips, Dimitrios Vassilakis, BackStreet Boys, Richard Ashcroft, Fall Out Boy, George Michael, Haris Alexiou, Dimitra Galani, Eleutheria Arvanitaki, Mairi Xronopoulou, Bassekou Kouyate, Cardigans, Maroon 5, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Tau, Thomas Di Leva, Kent, Peter Le Marc, ABBA, Jeff Buckley, The Killers, Pharell, Jamiroquai, John Legend, Living Colour, James Morrison, The Strokes, The Instants, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Souad Massi, Cheb Khaled, Lynden David Hall, The Christians, Radiohead, Mica Paris, Muse, The Roots, En Vogue, Ella Fitzgerald, Cornelis Vreeswijk, U2, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes,Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hadjidakis, Annie Lennox, WHAM!, The Beatles, Foo Fighters, Cassius 1999, Sting, Bob Marley, Shakespeare's Sister, Marcella Detroit, Cesaria Evora, Buena Vista Social Club, Mary J Blige, Dinah Washington, The Waterboys, Terence Trent D'Arby, Antonis Remos, Nikos Portokaloglou, Eleni Vitali, Mazonakis, Glykeria, Soulsister, A-ha, Basement Jaxx, The Space Between, Athena Andreadis, Nathalie Nahai, Tobias Fröberg, Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Mairi Linda, Panos Gavalas, Grigoris Bithikotsis, Nikos Papazoglou, Vassilis Lekkas, Mitropanos, Freda, Gyllene Tider, Freestyle, Jussi Björling, Chips, Tityo

Movies:

Dead Poet Society, Before Night Falls, Underground, Notting Hill, No Man's Land, Sliding Doors, Before the Rain, Kopps, As Good As It Gets, Something's Gotta Give, Walk the Line, Volver

Television:

Seinfeld, Friends, Cold Feet

Books:

The Artist's Way, Kick Ass Ideas, The Seinfeld Scripts, The Trial, It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken, The Blind Assassin, The Life of Mammals, Ronja Rövardotter, Brick Lane

Heroes:

mum, dad, Zinedine Zidane!

My Blog

Amazing Massukos plus some other musical acts

How many times have you walked into a gig and wondered... what on earth is this? Sometimes the next question is who is this band? They are actually really cool. The unfortunate thing is when it's not ...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:28:00 PST

Etyl in concert in Paris

I recently spent a few days in Paris indulging in all things French and especially French music, which in a way is hard to digest unless you understand the lyrics. The chanson style focuses on the tex...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:08:00 PST

Esbjörn Svensson of e.s.t

It's with great sadness that I write the following few lines... one of Sweden's most fantastic pianists and composer Esbjörn Svensson died over the weekend in a diving accident just outside Stockholm,...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:37:00 PST

Robyn and Sam Sparro

Sam Sparro and Robyn were one of the final acts at Astoria, Sunday 8th June, as the venue will be demolished soon, from what I hear. I interviewed Sam Sparro last month and he told me he was looking f...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:42:00 PST

Sam Sparro on radio

I usually post info about radio features which involve a lot of Swedish, now this time, there is no excuse not to go and have a listen. True the programme is all in Swedish, but the interview with Sam...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:20:00 PST

Valkyrien Allstars and Stor Overraskelse

My favourite place to stand or sit to watch a gig, is at the front. Once I was so far at the front, I was actually sitting on the stage, in the corner, on the side, hardly anyone noticed, it was at th...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:57:00 PST

Cover of Umbrella

You're either going to hate a cover of a song, or you'll get introduced to a song you otherwise wouldn't have listened to and consequently love it... or still hate it! One of last year's summer hits w...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:08:00 PST

Bassekou Kouyate feature on Radio

I've seen Bassekou Kouyate play in various places around London a few times over the last months. The first time was at Darbucka, when him and his wife Amy Sacko played a song, the rest of their band ...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Sat, 31 May 2008 07:23:00 PST

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand tour

I've been trying to get hold of this couple for an interview for the last six months or so without any luck. In the meantime I have had friends who have spotted Mr Plant in various locations around to...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Fri, 23 May 2008 07:27:00 PST

Tobias Fröberg, Ane Brun and Lisa Ekdahl in concert

It's been a bit of a hectic time lately, which means that my promise to review EVERY concert I've been to is falling behind schedule. A week or so ago I saw Tobias Fröberg and Ane Brun in concert at t...
Posted by Elisavet ~Journo~ on Wed, 21 May 2008 04:18:00 PST