Music

Slovenian entrants Joker Out made the cut in Thursday's second semi final of the Eurovision song contest alongside Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland. This will be the first time since 2019 that Slovenia will be in the final.

Norway's black metal music first gained notoriety with murders and church burnings but has now earned its spot in the halls of culture with a new exhibit at Oslo's National Library.

"Bad Vibes" showcases a dark world of music that has a contemplative, almost intellectual side beneath its destructive exterior.

Paying tribute to French music, the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Byron Fidetzis will be performing at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr), with Theodore Tzovanakis on piano.

New York-based guitarist and vocalist Marc Ribot returns to Athens and, more specifically, to the pioneering St Paul's Sessions (stpaulssessions.gr) concert series, to appear at the Athens Conservatory on April 29. His show will be with his outfit the Jazz Bin, which includes a Hammond B3 organ virtuoso and a guest drummer.

Celtic harp player and vocalist Lina Rodopoulou is appearing in the lovely garden cafe of the Numistmatic Museum (12 Panepistimiou) at 9 p.m. on Thursday. Titled "Mediterranean Dream," her solo show comprises songs from France, Italy, Spain and others parts of Europe.

Three-time Grammy Award winner and possibly the best electric guitar player in the world right now is stopping in Athens on his "Inviolate" tour to perform a single show at Fuzz (fuzzclub.gr). The pioneering musician and composer will be performing tracks from his new album, "Vai/Gash," and older favorites.

Choral ensembles from different schools and universities in Greece, but also from Italy and Hungary, will be converging on the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (tch.gr) this week for the 10th Children's-Youth Choir Festival. Dedicated to a capella, the event will feature a mixed program of music.

Multi-award-winning choral ensemble Vox Clamatis is coming from Estonia to the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr) and, setting the mood for Easter, will perform a piece by compatriot Arvo Part, based on the St John Passion. The ensemble, whose awards include a Grammy, specializes in Gregorian chants and early music polyphony.

Adele announced on March 26 that she's extending her Las Vegas residency with 34 more dates between June and November and also plans to release a concert film.

Saturday night's show was the last performance in the British singer's original "Weekends With Adele" series that covered 34 dates since last November on the Las Vegas Strip.

Wrapping up next week at the National Opera's Alternative Stage (nationalopera.gr), "Human Nature" is a modern dance triple bill by Harris Gkekas, who presents "Eclipse," Gentian Doda with "The Hill" and Konstantinos Rigos with "Lieder ohne Worte." According to the program, the three distinguished choreographers "explore universal aspects of the human condition through the international languag