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Folk music musicians from abroad.

Simon Karas – Biography

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Simon Karas was a musicologist and a researcher of the Greek musical tradition and heritage. It is widely believed that his long-standing and arduous investigative

The bridge of the 200 folk fables

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The bridge of 200... folk fables! The renowned “folk fable” of the Bridge of Arta with the dramatic plot that demanded the sacrifice of the

The Samuel Baud-Bovy collection

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“I am not so naïve as to imagine that the chelidonisma taught by Cleoboulos of Lindos to the ancient peoples of Rhodes was the same

Kristi Stasinopoulou – “On the Road Diaries” (book release)

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Article by Sotiris BekasIn "On the Road Diaries," Kristi Stasinopoulou recounts a journey that was little known in Greece at the time it was unfolding,

Chronis Aidonidis dies at the age of 95

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The great master of Greek folk music, Chronis Aidonidis, "departed" from this world today at the age of 95 (December 23, 1928 - October 23,

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Ali Doğan Gönültaş – Interview

By Sotiris BekasAli Doğan Gönültaş is a versatile individual and musician, constantly restless and creative,

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The work of VLACH («Vanishing Languages ​​and Cultural Heritage»)

Written by Sotiris BekasThe documentation and analysis of endangered linguistic and cultural diversity worldwide are the

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Katerina Papadopoulou & Aegean Arc – Aura (Album Review)

Written by Sotiris Bekas"If 'Notio Toxo-In Karpathos' was a music proposal based on the repertoire of

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The Soul of Epirus vol​.​II – Album Review

Written by Sotiris BekasThe second part of Petroloukas Chalkias's collaboration with Vasilis Kostas is an

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Yorgos Arvanitis – The Journey of Askavlos

Interview by Sotiris BekasA musical instrument emerging from the depths of a very ancient musical

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Chronis Aidonidis dies at the age of 95

The great master of Greek folk music, Chronis Aidonidis, "departed" from this world today at

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