Iliana and George own the taverna Kokkina Spaleto (Red Jacket), in the village of Frilingianika on the island of Kythira. The taverna serves traditional Greek dishes cooked by Iliana. At midnight she joins guitarist George and bouzouki player Tassos to sing contemporary and traditional Greek songs. The group perform till the early hours of the morning accompanying patrons who dance to the clapping of onlookers. The dance such as the Zembekiko is strictly for men and is mostly improvised with circular movements within a one square metre floor space – perfect for a small taverna.
Line Up
- Teli Teli Manos Loizos & Pythagoras
- Vara ntagere Lefteris Papadopoulos & Apostolos Kaldaras
- Kaigomai kai sigoliono Heperos Trad.
- Panta thlimeni Charavgi Antonis Fragadakis, Michalis Fragadakis & Giorgos Stavrakakis
- Afti I nichta menei Stamatis Kraounakis
- Oles tou kosmou I kiriakes Christos Nikolopoulos & Lefteris Papadopoulos
- Vasiliki Arr. Nikos ziogalas
- Do sta lianochortaroudia Greek Trad.
- Giftopoula sto chamam Giorgos Batis
- Ti na thimitho Nikos Zoudiaris
- Tachia Takis Soukas & Nikos Bakogiannis
- Kaneis edo den tragouda Nikos Papazoglou &Takis Simotas
- Paramythi me lipimeno telos Miltiadis Paschalidis
- Peftei mia vroch Giannis Spanos
- Chartaetoi Mickis Theodarakis
- Vrechei sti ftochogeitonia Mickis Theodorakis & Tasos Leivaditis
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