Almost three decades ago, a girl from Thessaloniki stepped onto the stage with an energy that couldn’t be ignored.

Today, Paola - ‘Paolara’ as her fans affectionately call her - still stands firmly in the sound of her own ‘madness,’ her truth, proving that the soul of a song doesn’t lie in labels - labels she never accepted anyway.

Because Paola is a folk diva, but not in the conventional sense. She is explosive, raw, with a voice that sings of pain, love, and survival as if each night were her last words. The way she connects and becomes one with her audience is almost therapeutic: her fans don’t just listen to her - hey live her. Paola is a cultural phenomenon that breaks the boundaries of her genre. A force who can tear down defenses and uproot every mistaken prejudice about Greek folk music.

In 2019, when she performed Theodorakis, she proved to her critics that her talent effortlessly transcends rigid definitions. She did it again with Hatzidakis, Mikroutsikos, and Savvopoulos. The genre doesn't matter. When Paola sings a song, she absorbs it into her own reality. And that’s enough.

With a voice that doesn’t just interpret - it pierces, embraces, and shares.

With a performance that follows no 'norm'... it’s authentic, it’s tender, it’s powerful, it’s hers.

And with a presence unafraid to go against the grain and say something subversive.

Paola is the living proof that utopia is attainable - if you have the courage to be real. A rock soul on a folk stage, a woman who stands stronger than the men beside her, she continues to upend the rules of a world where many survive—but few are worshipped.