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
Women in Folk Music – Neli Andreeva
Women in Folk Music is a new project showcasing Women in Folk Music, launched by…
Petroloukas Chalkias – the Living Legend of Klarino
Petroloukas Chalkias belongs to the pantheon of the greatest personalities in the field of the…
