Gregory Bitikotsis is a complete popular artist, with a strong personality, prestige, and multifaceted talent, maintaining an uninterrupted presence for 55 years in Greek music. He is today a living piece of our musical culture.
The soul's lament that emerges from the strings of the guitar and bouzouki that he played as a child perfectly melded with his stoic voice, which sang from "Frangosyriani" to the "Epitaph" and "Epifania," and from "All the Rebetes of the World" to "Romiosyni" and "Axion Esti."
Bitikotsis' "woody" voice now embraces Greeks through a vast repertoire that includes creations from the classics of our popular song (Vamvakaris, Tsitsanis, Chios, Gkogos, Kaldaras, Derveniotis, Akis Panos, Virvou) to the set poetry of Theodorakis, Hatzidakis, Xarchakos, Moutsis, Spanou, Kilaidoni, and Pitsi Papia, Kougioumtzis.
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