Folks

Biographies of the most important folk music musicians and performers.

Tassos Chalkias – The Top of Epirus

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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

Lefteris Chavoutsas: Art is the Answer to Life’s Hardships and Ugliness (Interview)

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Interview by Michael PolychronisLefteris Chavoutsas carried a "fateful" destiny even before his birth—one that seems to have followed him ever since. Had his ancestors, who

Giorgos Papasideris – The Pioneer

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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.

The Soul of Epirus: Remembering Petroloukas Chalkias

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Written by Sotiris Bekas One of the things that distinguishes the truly great people of this world is that when they “depart,” everyone has a story

Nikos Xilouris – The Archangel of Crete

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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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Tassos Chalkias – The Top of Epirus

Tasos Chalkias is one of the most important musicians in the history of Greek folk

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Dora Stratou – Biography

Dora Stratou was born in 1903 in Athens. Her mother, Maria Koromila, was the daughter

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Domna Samiou – Biography

Domna Samiou was born on October 12th 1928, in the Kaisariani1 neighborhood in Athens, and

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