The young Greek singer and songwriter managed their breakthrough in 2008 with the platinum debut album "Avatar". Now, her album "Exit".
Although many Greek College (inn) en their texts on Greek writing, and in general in the Greek song and pop scene is not nearly as strong as ours dominates the English language, Monika's songs have English lyrics. In support she says:
You have a way to be a poet to write Greek texts
yes what a certain respect for their part, testifies before Greek-speaking songs. In fact, it is true that Greek song lyrics are very poetic, mostly. Often poems set to music great Greek poets, including Nobel Prize winner even as George Seferis and Odysseas Elytis . No wonder that such a young artist has fear into those big shoes to connect.
Monika Christodoulou was born in 1985 in the small town Karpenissi in central Greece. She plays saxophone, guitar, harmonica and drums and studied mathematics at the University of Athens.
calls When her Einflüssse in an interview with Greek daily Kathimerini find foreign music such as the Beatles, the Greek composer Stavros Xarchakos. His Rebetika she finds totally psychedelic, more than Pink Floyd.
Source: Kathimerini
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