Folks
Biographies of the most important folk music musicians and performers.
The “Kalesma” of a Deep Musical Exploration
Written by Sotiris BekasThe perception of music and its influential beauty is a primal instinct. It is an inner “kalesma” (call) for emotion. Such a…
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…
Stories
Dilgkiroudi with songs from Thrace and Macedonia
Written by Sotiris BekasDilgkiroudi (or Dilgeroudi) is a word encountered in Eastern Thrace, and depending…
Savvas Siatras – A Music Portrait of Epirus
Written by Sotiris BekasWithin the 15-minute duration of the special portrait published by folkradio.gr, Savvas…
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…
