Folks
Biographies of the most important folk music musicians and performers.
Giorgos Zoumbas – “Stin Agkalia sou Pare Me”
By Sotiris Bekas The Zoumbas family became widely known through references made by the American ethnomusicologist, record collector, and author, Christopher King, in his book…
Domna Samiou – Biography
Domna Samiou was born on October 12th 1928, in the Kaisariani1 neighborhood in Athens, and died on March 10th 2012. Her parents were refugees from…
The Musical Collective of URBAN 𐌌ØĐÂĿ
By Sotiris BekasThe Department of Music Studies at the University of Ioannina, located on the university campus in Arta, is the institutional successor to the Department…
Dora Stratou – Biography
Dora Stratou was born in 1903 in Athens. Her mother, Maria Koromila, was the daughter of the playwright (“The Lover of the Shepherdess” and “Maroula’s…
From Danube to the Aegean: Veronika Varga’s Journey into Greek Music
Written by Sotiris BekasAs a member of Babra, Veronika Varga plays bass in one of Hungary's best folk music bands, which has emerged on Budapest’s…
Stories
The Soul of Epirus: Remembering Petroloukas Chalkias
Written by Sotiris Bekas One of the things that distinguishes the truly great people of this…
Lefteris Chavoutsas: Art is the Answer to Life’s Hardships and Ugliness (Interview)
Interview by Michael PolychronisLefteris Chavoutsas carried a "fateful" destiny even before his birth—one that seems…
From Danube to the Aegean: Veronika Varga’s Journey into Greek Music
Written by Sotiris BekasAs a member of Babra, Veronika Varga plays bass in one of…
The Musical Collective of URBAN 𐌌ØĐÂĿ
By Sotiris BekasThe Department of Music Studies at the University of Ioannina, located on the university…
Giorgos Zoumbas – “Stin Agkalia sou Pare Me”
By Sotiris Bekas The Zoumbas family became widely known through references made by the American…
The “Kalesma” of a Deep Musical Exploration
Written by Sotiris BekasThe perception of music and its influential beauty is a primal instinct.…
