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Nisiotika (Greek:νησιώτικα, meaning "insular (songs)") are the songs and dances of theAegean islands with a variety of styles.[1] Outside of Greece, it is played in thediaspora in countries such asTurkey,Australia, theUnited States and elsewhere.
Thelyre is the dominantfolk instrument along with thelaouto,violin,tsampouna, andsouravli with widely varying Greek characteristics.Thelyre andviolin are typically played in a microtonal manor through the usage of specific articulations and string bending.
Representative musicians and performers of nisiotika include:Mariza Koch, credited with reviving the field in the 1970s,Yiannis Parios,Domna Samiou and the Konitopoulos family (Giorgos and Vangelis Konitopoulos, Eirini, Nasia and Stella Konitopoulou).[2]
There are also prominent elements ofCretan music on theDodecanese Islands andCyclades.
TheAegean Islands have a rich folk dance tradition. For example;syrtos,sousta andballos.