Tonight Is the Wedding Feast
Recording information
Studio recording, 2008.
Ilias Diatsidis
Karlovasi, Samos island (August 1969)
© Domna Samiou ArchiveDomna Samiou taped the song in Karlovasi, Samos, by the sandur player Ilias Diatsidis, sung by his daughters Keti and Kyranio and the Spandou sisters Georgia and Despina, in 1969.
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