In a garage in New Port Richey, two old friends create lyras and laoutos, stringed instruments that vibrate with the music of their native Crete. Konstantinos Maris of New Port Richey, 58, plays lyra, ...

This year, for the first time, Heraklion, the capital city of Crete, played host to the Pancretan Dance Festival and Cantata. Eleni Fasoula This year, for the first time, Heraklion, the capital city ...

CRETE - Even the president is coming. President U.S. Grant, that is. He and a Civil War encampment will visit the grounds of the Crete Heritage Society's first Riverside Music Festival, set for ...

A chance meeting in the Greek isles gave Grouplove its storybook beginning, but the band’s second album is built from nothing but hard work. The Los Angeles-based indie-pop group still carries the ...

Always a musician at heart, Jon Pierre, 33, abandoned his engineering studies at the University of Illinois in 2001 to pursue a career in music composition. His most recent achievement as the composer ...