Folks
Biographies of the most important folk music musicians and performers.
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…
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…
Tassos Chalkias – The Top of Epirus
Tasos Chalkias is one of the most important musicians in the history of Greek folk music. He was born in Granitsopoula Ioannina in 1914. Member…
Giorgos Papasideris – The Pioneer
He was born in Salamina on November 14th, 1902. He was the fifth of nine children in the family of Christos Papaisidorou and Ekaterini Bountali.…
Nikos Xilouris – The Archangel of Crete
Nikos Xilouris a.k.a. Psaronikos, was born in 1936, at Anogia Milopotamou in Rethimno Crete into a family with a musical tradition and many lyra players.…
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Nikos Xilouris – The Archangel of Crete
Nikos Xilouris a.k.a. Psaronikos, was born in 1936, at Anogia Milopotamou in Rethimno Crete into…
Giorgos Papasideris – The Pioneer
He was born in Salamina on November 14th, 1902. He was the fifth of nine…
Tassos Chalkias – The Top of Epirus
Tasos Chalkias is one of the most important musicians in the history of Greek folk…
Dora Stratou – Biography
Dora Stratou was born in 1903 in Athens. Her mother, Maria Koromila, was the daughter…
Domna Samiou – Biography
Domna Samiou was born on October 12th 1928, in the Kaisariani1 neighborhood in Athens, and…
