Psarantonis

Psarantonis
Background information
Birth name	Antonios Αντώνιος Ξυλούρης
Born	(1937-09-06) September 6, 1937 (age 87)
Origin	Anogeia, Crete, Greece
Genres	Cretan Folk music
Occupation(s)	Composer, singer
Instrument(s)	Cretan lyra, mandolin, mandola
Years active	1961–present

Antonios "Antonis" Xylouris (Greek: Αντώνιος "Αντώνης" Ξυλούρης; born September 6, 1937), nicknamed Psarantonis (Greek: Ψαραντώνης), is a Greek composer, singer and performer of lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra.