Radio Kreta

Radio Kreta plays the kind of music you'd hear drifting from a seaside taverna in Plakias. The station's origins are murky - country unknown, but the tunes are unmistakably Greek. Bouzouki melodies mingle with traditional folk songs and occasional forays into modern Greek pop. It's not a slick operation. There's minimal DJ talk, just track after track of music that feels both nostalgic and timeless. The stream at 128kbps is perfectly fine for background listening. If you're craving the sound of the Ionian or Aegean, this delivers. Fans of ethnomusicology might find the repetition tedious, but…