Domna Samiou

Folk Fables in Song

An album with 34 rare and priceless songs

May Is Come!

With their flowers and lemon blossom, May and June are a time for love

Easter Songs

The Christian feast celebrated amidst the glory and the promise of springtime

O April, April, Cool and Fresh

Songs for Spring, from our Music Archive

The Doxastikon of the Aposticha, by the nun Kassiani

by Yiorgos Remoundos and his choir, ‘The Kalophonarides

Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes

Songs that narrate heroic tales inspired by the popular oral traditions

Musical Travelogue to Thrace, Evros

Songs, dances and tunes from Thrace's rich tradition

Music stations of this Travelogue, the villages of Ambelakia, Asproneri, Karoti, Metaxades, Nea Vyssa, Neochori, Paliouri, Soufli, and Sofiko. Extracts from the TV Program 'Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou' ERT 1976

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Musical Travelogue in Farasa, Cappadocia

Refugees from Farasa, Cappadocia, settled in Platy, Imathia, sing, dance and tell about the customs and stories of their distant homeland. Extracts from the TV Program 'Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou' ERT 1977

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The ceremony of Anastenaria (M.L. Carbonell, 1968)

(Video) The religious sect of the Anastenarides in the village of Saint Helen in Greece meets every year on the 21st of May to give public testimony of their faith. In the village square, they make a huge bonfire and, when the logs have turned to burning coal, they dance barefoot on them without getting burned....

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Songs from Kastelorizo

Four Songs from our Music Archive

Gone with My Scarf ♦ We Are Here to See You ♦ Sousta from Kastelorizo ♦ Wedding Song

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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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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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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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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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