Nikos Xylouris

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Nikos Xylouris was a renowned Greek singer and lyra player from Crete, celebrated for his powerful voice and his role in popularizing Cretan folk music.

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Nikos Xylouris canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek singer ⓘ
folk musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyra player ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1980 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Psaronikos ⓘ
associatedWith Cretan musical tradition ⓘ
Greek resistance to the military junta ⓘ
awardReceived Gold Record awards in Greece ⓘ
burialPlace First Cemetery of Athens ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
child Giorgis Xylouris (Psarogiorgis) ⓘ
Rinio Xylouri ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Greece ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980-02-08 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cretan ⓘ
familyName Xylouris ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre Cretan folk music ⓘ
Greek folk music ⓘ
entechno ⓘ
givenName Nikolaos ⓘ
instrument Cretan lyra ⓘ
languageOfPerformance Greek ⓘ
memorial Nikos Xylouris square in Heraklion ⓘ
Nikos Xylouris statue in Heraklion ⓘ
name Nikos Xylouris ⓘ
nativeLanguage Greek ⓘ
notableFor popularizing Cretan folk music throughout Greece ⓘ
powerful and expressive singing voice ⓘ
symbolic role during the Greek military junta ⓘ
notableWork "Pote tha kanei xasteria" ⓘ
"To megalo mas tsirko" (songs for the theatrical play) ⓘ
occupation lyra player ⓘ
musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Anogeia, Crete, Greece ⓘ
Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece ⓘ
placeOfDeath Athens, Greece ⓘ
linked to: Athens
recordLabel Columbia (Greek division) ⓘ
Lyra Records ⓘ
residence Athens, Greece ⓘ
linked to: Athens

Heraklion, Crete, Greece ⓘ
linked to: Heraklion
sibling Giorgos Xylouris (singer) ⓘ
Psarantonis ⓘ
spouse Ourania Melampianaki ⓘ
voiceType tenor ⓘ

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Cretan music → notableInstrumentalist → Nikos Xylouris ⓘ
Nikos Xylouris → name → Nikos Xylouris ⓘ
Psarantonis → hasRelative → Nikos Xylouris ⓘ