Giannis Haroulis (; born January 13, 1981) is a Greek singer, songwriter and lute player. He plays a mixture of Greek folk and traditional Cretan music infused with rock elements and modern sounds.
He was born and raised in Crete, where he learned to play the lute and gave his first live performances at local festivals. In 2002, he traveled to Athens to take part in a concert, dedicated to Nikos Xilouris, which was recorded and released as an album entitled When My Friends Come, Mother in 2003.
He has unveiled several solo albums, including "Around Me and Within" in 2003, "Winter Flower" in 2006, "Witchcrafts" in 2012, and "Twelve Lays of the Gypsy" in 2016. Witchcrafts received the Golden Album award, while his 2015 live album A Thousand Times Welcome â Live entered the Greek music charts at the number one slot.
Giannis Haroulis has sung as a special guest on many albums of other artists and has collaborated with some of the most famous Greek musicians, such as Mikis Theodorakis, Stavros Xarchakos, Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Alkistis Protopsalti, Sokratis Malamas, Chainides, Loukas Thanoy, Christos Tsiamoulis, Manos Eleutheriou, Christos Thiveos, Miltos Pashalidis, Nikos Portokaloglou, Manos Xydous, Minos Matsas, Natassa Bofiliou and many others. He has toured Greece extensively throughout the years and in March 2015 he embarked on his first European tour performing in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Discography
Solo albums
- 2003: Around Me and Within (ÃÂÃÂÃÂàüÿÃÂ
úñù õýÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
- 2006: Winter Flower (çõùüÃÂýñýøÃÂÃÂ)
- 2012: Witchcrafts (ÃÂñóóñýõïõÃÂ)
- 2015: A Thousand Times Welcome â Live (çïûùñ úñûÃÂàõÃÂüïþñüõ â Live)
- 2016: Twelve Lays of the Gypsy (àÃÂÃÂôõúìûÿóÿàÃÂÿÃÂ
óÃÂÃÂÃÂÿÃÂ
)
Collaborations
- 2003: When My Friends Come, Mother (ãñý ÃÂÃÂøÿÃÂ
ý üìýñ ÿù ÃÂïûÿù üÿÃÂ
) â Various
- 2005: ItâÂÂs Been Ten Years⦠(ÃÂÃÂÿÃÂ
ý ÃÂõÃÂìÃÂõù ÃÂÃÂÃÂýÿù ôÃÂúñ..) â Miltos Pashalidis
- 2005: Twelve and One Stares at the Dodecanese (ÃÂÃÂôõúñ úñù üïñ üñÃÂùÃÂàÃÂÃÂñ ÃÂÃÂôõúìý÷ÃÂñ) â Various
- 2005: The Charmer and the Dragontooth (àó÷ÃÂõÃÂ
ÃÂîàúñù ÃÂÿ ôÃÂñúÿôÃÂýÃÂù ) â Chainides
- 2005: The Tickler (àÃÂñÃÂóñûùÃÂÃÂîÃÂ) â Dimitris Baslam
- 2005: Cretan Precious (ä÷àÃÂÃÂîÃÂֈÃÂñ ÃÂÿûÃÂÃÂùüñ) â Various
- 2006: Cretan Precious II (ä÷àÃÂÃÂîÃÂֈÃÂñ ÃÂÿûÃÂÃÂùüñ ÃÂÃÂ) â Various
- 2006: Teardrop On Glass (ÃÂìúÃÂÃÂ
ÃÂÃÂÿ óÃÂ
ñûï) â Estudiantina
- 2007: Twelve Fests (ÃÂÃÂôõúìÿÃÂÃÂÿ) â Christos Tsiamoulis
- 2007: House of Endurance (ÃÂïúÿàñýÃÂÿÃÂîÃÂ) â Danae Panagiotopoulou
- 2007: Agisilagos (àÃÂó÷ÃÂïûñóÿÃÂ) â Dimitris Baslam
- 2007: The Generation of 2010 (àóõýùì ÃÂÿÃÂ
2010) â Difono, 141
- 2008: The Shaman (àãñüìýÿÃÂ) â Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Dionysis Savvopoulos
- 2008: Stars Will Always Be Far Away (äâ ñÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂùñ øñ âÂÂýñù ÃÂìýÃÂñ üñúÃÂùì) â ÃÂanos Xydous
- 2008: Young Songs (äÃÂñóÿÃÂ
ôìúùñ óìûñúÃÂÿÃÂ) â ÃÂ. Halkousaki & ÃÂ. Halikia
- 2008: Cretan Precious III (ä÷àÃÂÃÂîÃÂֈÃÂñ ÃÂÿûÃÂÃÂùüñ IÃÂÃÂ) â Various
- 2010: The Island (äÿ ý÷ÃÂï) â Minos Matsas
- 2010: Small Hopes (ÃÂùúÃÂÃÂàõûÃÂïôõÃÂ) â Paulos Sinodinos
- 2011: In The Hatches Of Time (ãÃÂÿÃÂ
ÃÂÃÂÃÂýÿÃÂ
ÃÂùàúñÃÂñÃÂñúÃÂÃÂÃÂ) â Notis Mauroudis
- 2011: I Have A Plan (ÃÂÃÂàÃÂýñ ÃÂÃÂÃÂôùÿ) â Themis Karamouratidis
- 2012: Maybe (ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ) â Nikos Portokaloglou
- 2014: View Of Paradise (ÃÂÃÂñ ÃÂñÃÂñôõïÃÂÿÃÂ
) â Alkistis Protopsalti
- 2014: Beyond Formalism (ÃÂþàñÃÂ' ÃÂñ üÃÂÃÂÃÂñ) â Vangelis Kazantzis
- 2016: I Stored The Dream (æÃÂûñþñ ÃÂâ ÃÂýõùÃÂÿ) - Mikis Theodorakis
References
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