{"id":25723,"date":"2024-11-05T21:16:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=25723"},"modified":"2024-11-05T21:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T21:16:05","slug":"eric-alexandrakis-here-comes-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2024\/11\/05\/eric-alexandrakis-here-comes-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Alexandrakis &#8211; Here Comes The Snow!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Alexandrakis&#8217; song &#8220;Here Comes The Snow!&#8221; begins with the characteristic sound of the Cretan lyra, bringing out\u00a0a sense of Greek tradition\u00a0and taking listeners to the Mediterranean. This beautiful introduction establishes the scene for a folk-inspired song that develops in a vibrant, cheerful way, reflecting a strong 1970s mood. Alexandrakis&#8217; voice is crystal clear, reminding\u00a0of Demis Roussos in style and nostalgic kindness, as he uses a vocal technique that combines pop elegance\u00a0with folk energy. The tune has a pleasant\u00a0funky vibe, with both acoustic and electric instruments providing depth and color to the composition. The Cretan lyra returns for a solo at 1:51, bringing an exotic Greek flavor to the song&#8217;s ethnic and world music attraction. This instrumental section is a distinctive, establishing the music in its ethnic roots while providing a modern innovative\u00a0edge. Despite the strong folk and ethnic aspects, Alexandrakis&#8217; vocals take the song in a pop direction, establishing an inviting contrast between history and modernization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Here Comes The Snow! [Single Edit Mix] by ERIC ALEXANDRAKIS\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1946809591&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ERICSGALEXANDRAKIS\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ERICSGALEXANDRAKIS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/esgalexandrakis\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/esgalexandrakis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Alexandrakis&#8217; song &#8220;Here Comes The Snow!&#8221; begins with the characteristic sound of the Cretan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[4242,283,4081],"class_list":["post-25723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-eric-alexandrakis","tag-folk","tag-world-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25726,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25723\/revisions\/25726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}