FolknWorld
Folk music musicians from abroad.
Simon Karas – Biography
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…
Carols in the Balkans
Written by Sotiris BekasCarols, colinde, kolednice, colindă, koledari (коледари), koliada are some of the variations of the same word used across the Balkans to describe folk…
The bridge of the 200 folk fables
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…
An Interview with Marin Bunea: A Living Legacy of Moldova’s Lăutari Tradition
Written by Sotiris BekasThe term Lăutar, according to the DEX ("Dicționarul Explicativ al Limbii Române" - "Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language"), derives from lăută…
The Samuel Baud-Bovy collection
“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…
Stories
Kristi Stasinopoulou – “On the Road Diaries” (book release)
Article by Sotiris BekasIn "On the Road Diaries," Kristi Stasinopoulou recounts a journey that was…
The Samuel Baud-Bovy collection
“I am not so naïve as to imagine that the chelidonisma taught by Cleoboulos of…
The bridge of the 200 folk fables
The bridge of 200... folk fables! The renowned “folk fable” of the Bridge of Arta…
Simon Karas – Biography
Simon Karas was a musicologist and a researcher of the Greek musical tradition and heritage.…
Balkan World Music Chart – The First Quarter 2023
This is the BWMC top ten list for the first quarter of 2023 of the…
Stelios Petrakis – Spondi (album release)
The characteristic sound of Stelios Petrakis is familiar, for several years now, not only in…
