Yiorgos Marinakis

Yiorgos Marinakis was born in Athens in 1971, but his family is originally from the village of Ano Meria on the Cycladic island of Folegandros. He was initiated to traditional music by his father, who was a musician on the island, and who was also his first violin teacher. He was also taught violin by Yiorgos Mariolas and Byzantine music by Lykourgos Angelopoulos.

He has participated in radio and television programs, recording sessions and many live performances in Greece and abroad. He has collaborated with traditional dancing groups, cultural foundations, musicologists and researchers, traditional singers, as well as leading Greek and foreign musicians, composers, conductors and singers.

From 1992 to 1996 he taught at the Musical High School of Palene and in other music schools. Since 1995 he teaches violin in the Traditional Music Department of the 'Philippos Nakas' Conservatoire.

Source: Yiorgos Marinakis

Songs

Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaSinasosAcritic Song

A Slave in the Gallery Sighed

  • Ο σκλάβος αναστέναξε ⬥ Studio recording, 2001. This Byzantine ballad was sung in Sinasós, but probably originated in Constantinople. In this version the hero, a slave in a galley dreams that his wife is being married to another man and sighs in distress. Thereupon the galley comes to a hault. [...]
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  • SongAsia MinorErythraea, ReisdereLove SongCouplets

Again They Entered in the Dance

  • Πάλι ν-εβγήκαν στο χορό ⬥ Again they entered in the dance, four eyes as dark as olives, four eyes that weave like shuttle through the hearts they break in pieces. I’ll sing a song for you, my love, that you will hear with pleasure: You have an angel’s figure and [...]
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaMalakopiFor the Bride, Wedding Song

Aĝlama

  • Μην κλαις ⬥ Studio recording, 2001. This song was sung in Malacopí, after the song Wedding Procession Song, during the procession leading the bride to church for the wedding. The usual accompaniment was no more than one or two tambourines.
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  • SongCentral GreeceEuboea, GymnoEaster Song, Ritual Song, Sea and Sailors Song

All Attend at Church

(Easter Dance)

  • Όλοι πάνε στην εκκλησά ⬥ All attend –for sake of Christ– all attend at church to exclaim that ‘Christ is Risen!’ and to hear the Word. As for me, they send me to the shore to guard some sailing vessels. I can see some sailing ships approach and boats are [...]
Εξώφυλλο 2 DVD Τα Αποκριάτικα με τη Δόμνα Σαμίου
  • SongDodecanesePatmosBawdy Song, Carnival Song

An Old Man Was Approaching (Explicit)

  • Ένας γέρος ηρκουντάνε   The song has explicit lyrics, and you can watch the video on YouTube if you're over 18. ⬥ An old man -yes, an old man, an old man was approaching, an old man was approaching, his prick was hanging down– it wasn’t so much hanging down [...]
Εξώφυλλο 2 DVD Τα Αποκριάτικα με τη Δόμνα Σαμίου
  • SongPanhellenicCarnival Song

An Old Woman, an Old Gran

  • Μια γριά μπαμπόγρια ⬥ Live recording from the concert Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou held at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, on March 4, 2003.
In the middle of the sea
  • SongEastern AegeanSamothraceLove SongCouplets

As I Turn and See Your Angle Face

  • Όταν γυρίσω και το δω ⬥ Studio recording, 2002. Collected in Samothrace by Nikólaos B. Phardýs, at the end of the 19th century
Εξώφυλλο 2 DVD Τα Αποκριάτικα με τη Δόμνα Σαμίου
  • SongCentral GreeceEuboea, Agios DimitriosBawdy Song, Carnival Song

Auntie Nikolakaina (Explicit)

  • Θεια μου Νικολάκαινα   The song has explicit lyrics, and you can watch the video on YouTube if you're over 18. ⬥ Auntie Nikolakena, you haven’t acted very wisely; you silly bitch, you’ve sent your girl to gather sticks for kindling. The young lad at the trysting-place now holds her [...]
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  • SongCentral GreeceEuboea, Agios DimitriosBawdy Song, Carnival Song

Auntie Nikolakaina (Explicit)

  • Θεια μου Νικολάκαινα ⬥ Auntie Nikolakena, you haven’t acted very wisely; you silly bitch, you’ve sent your girl to gather sticks for kindling. The young lad at the trysting-place now holds her firmly by the hand. I pull her this way, she pulls that; the good Lord wills it so: [...]
Εξώφυλλο 2 DVD Τα Αποκριάτικα με τη Δόμνα Σαμίου
  • SongCycladesInstrumental

Balos

  • Μπάλος ⬥ Live recording from the concert “Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou” held at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, on March 4, 2003.
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Records

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  • AlbumCD, Digital release1994Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Carnival Songs

The most famous publication of the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association. These Carnival songs with their ritual bawdiness – ‘sacred in the profane’ – disturbed the prudish devotees of tradition. The recordings (on CD and double LP) come with a detailed booklet analysing the pagan and ritualistic context in […]
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  • AlbumDigital release, LP1994Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Carnival Songs (LP)

The most famous publication of Domna Samiou’s Association. These ‘sacred in the profane’ songs of the Carnival with their ritual bawdiness disturbed the prudish ‘devotees’ of tradition. The records (in LP and CD) are accompanied by a detailed booklet analysing the pagan and ritualistic context in which these songs are […]
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  • AlbumDigital release, DVD2009Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Carnival Songs with Domna in Thessaloniki (Live)

This recorded show includes stage performances of carnival songs and other related popular rituals from different areas of Greece, as they were presented at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall on the 4th of March 2003. Watch the songs in a PlayList on YouTube.
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release1998Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Easter Songs

This significant edition aims to convey the spirit of Easter, the Christian feast celebrated amidst the glory and promise of springtime, through the selected rituals of that period of the year and their related sacred songs and tunes. (barcode: 5204910000524)
In the middle of the sea
  • AlbumCD2002Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives

In the Middle of the Sea

Songs from Samothrace
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release1995Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Kaneloriza

This CD includes songs and tunes in ‘7 beats to the bar’ (the rhythm of kalamatianos dances) and in ‘9 beats to the bar’ (the rhythm of zeibekikos and karsilamas dances) with lyrics and melodies both erotic and sorrowful. (barcode: 5204910000425)
Music from Greece: Δομνα Σαμίου
  • AlbumCD2018Caprice

Music from Greece: Domna Samiou

Reissue of the Caprice album Grekisk folkmusik (Ξενιτεμένο μου πουλí) on a CD with 9 extra tracks, and a comprehensively informative booklet about Greek folk music and the woman behind this production – Domna Samiou.
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • AlbumCD2002Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives

Songs of Cappadocia

Production: Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives. Fifteen recordings from 1930 with the authentic Cappadocian singers (recording by Melpo Merlier) and twelve new recordings -based on the original- from 2001, with musical supervision by Socrates Sinopoulos.
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Concerts

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  • Concert
  • 04/03/2003

Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou

A carnival feast at the stage of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall with songs, dances, and customs of the carnival period. In addition to Domna and her collaborators, musicians, singers, dancers and bands from regions of Greece take part, where even today the celebrations and rituals of Carnival maintain their authenticity.
Ελληνικά κάλαντα
  • Concert
  • 26-29/12/1996

Greek Carols

Carols and songs at the stage of the Megaron the Athens Concert Hall. A special Christmas event. The concerts were part of the ‘Christmas Celebrations’ series and were given on December 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th of 1996. Lambros Liavas was in charge of the music research and artistic supervision.
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  • Concert
  • 1978-1997

With Evgenios Spatharis in Shadow Theatre Performances

Performances with legendary shadow theatre artist Evgenios Spatharis, from Stockholm to the sidewalks of Marousi.
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