Domna Samiou

O April, April, Cool and Fresh

Songs for Spring, from our Music Archive

Songs of History and Heroes

The retelling of fine, magnificent, heroic deeds from the past

Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes

Songs that narrate heroic tales inspired by the popular oral traditions

Folk Fables in Song

An album with 34 rare and priceless songs

Kaneloriza

Songs and tunes in seven beat and nine beat rythms with erotic and sorrowful lyrics and respective melodies

O April, April, Cool and Fresh

Songs for Spring, from our Music Archive

O April, April, Cool and Fresh (Amphicleia, Central Greece) ♦ The May Month (Propontis) ♦ It's in May the Partridge Sings (Skyros Island) ♦ May is Come (Kythnos Island) ♦ Kalafatiko (Hydra Island) ♦ You, My Little Roses (Epirus).

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Heroic Songs About Greek War of Independence 1821

Four songs selected from our music archive: Rock of Monemvasiá - How Joyous Are the Mountains - A Maid Decided - Song of Kanaris. Music, lyrics and information.

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Four Satirical Carnival Songs for Kids

The Crab's to Wed (Παντρεύουνε τον κάβουρα) ♦ In These Hard Times (Στης ακρίβειας τον καιρό) ♦ Hen Is Hatching her Eggs(Κλώσα τα πουλιά) ♦ Down the Lettuce-Meadow (Κάτω στο Μαρουλόκαμπο).

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Songs of History and Heroes

Double CD includes booklet in greek and english

The retelling of fine, magnificent, heroic deeds from the past has always been, for all the nations of the world, the thread they follow to their future and the weft of which this future is woven. Austere and Doric, as stern as the heroes they describe, the songs called Historic could function as chronicles, bu...

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The Great North Wind and other traditional songs for children

Double CD and DVD includes booklet in Greek and English

Dedicated to the kids, for their initiation in traditional music since as time goes by these nice songs gradually disappear. This collection is a good companion to those who want to offer their children a hint of another yet magical world, which is touching us like a cool refreshing breeze.

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Simon Karas

Musicologist and researcher of the Greek music tradition and heritage

Simon Karas (1903-1999) was a musicologist and researcher of the Greek music tradition and heritage. His lifelong research is considered by many as a key factor in the preservation of traditional music, which he recorded throughout Greece. He was born in 1903 in the village of Lepreon (former Strovitsi), of th...

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