Folkstories
Excerpts from stories from the life of musicians, presentation of customs, anecdotes.
Open your door! – Carols for Christmas, New Year, Fota
Carols are a very old custom and one of the most special types of Greek folk songs, very closely linked to important festivals of the…
Yorgos Arvanitis – The Journey of Askavlos
Interview by Sotiris BekasA musical instrument emerging from the depths of a very ancient musical tradition. A journey that seemed to have been forgotten. Its…
The Greek folk music
Written by Fivos Anoyanakis The Greek Folk Song -whether diatonic or chromatic, with syllabic or melismatic melodies when sung- is modal and monophonic in its…
Chronis Aidonidis – the Grandmaster of Greek folk music (video interview)
Chronis Aidonidis is considered one of the greatest personalities of Greek folk music in general. His work is priceless. He has gone down in history…
Stathis Koukoularis – the fiddler of Naxos and Aegean Sea
Stathis Koukoularis is considered and is one of the greatest violinists in Greek folk music and especially in the Aegean Sea. Born in 1945 in…
Stories
Yorgos Arvanitis – The Journey of Askavlos
Interview by Sotiris BekasA musical instrument emerging from the depths of a very ancient musical…
Open your door! – Carols for Christmas, New Year, Fota
Carols are a very old custom and one of the most special types of Greek…
Fables and Customs of Death
Written by Soula Tosca-KampaThe purest waterof the earth are tearsFor it is the distillation of…
Grigoris Kapsalis – the Echo of Zagori
Grigoris Kapsalis was born in 1929 in Elafotopos Zagori, where he still resides today, as…
Stathis Koukoularis – the fiddler of Naxos and Aegean Sea
Stathis Koukoularis is considered and is one of the greatest violinists in Greek folk music…
Chronis Aidonidis – the Grandmaster of Greek folk music (video interview)
Chronis Aidonidis is considered one of the greatest personalities of Greek folk music in general.…
