Vary Vrakadiko

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I Tread the Earth Gently
Region: Eastern Aegean
Area: Lesvos
Type: Instrumental
Rhythm: 9 beats
Dance: Zeibekikos
Duration: 03:25

Recording information

Studio recording, 2006.

Credits

Nikos Oikonomidis
Nikos Oikonomidis

Violin

Socrates Sinopoulos
Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Kostas Philippidis
Kostas Philippidis

Lute

Kostas Meretakis
Kostas Meretakis

Bendir (frame drum)

Kostas Meretakis
Kostas Meretakis

Spoons

Discography

I Tread the Earth Gently
I Tread the Earth Gently

See also

  • SongAsia MinorLove SongCouplets

Like the Marbles of the City (Constantinople)

  • Σαν τα μάρμαρα της Πόλης ⬥ Dance song from Asia Minor with Kostas Diavatis. Recorded in 1991.
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaKonya, SilleInstrumental

Karsilamas Dance (Tsift)

  • Αντικριστός χορός (Τσιφτ) ⬥ Instrumental tune from Sille, Konya. The late master of the kanun, Nikos Stefanidis, taught it to his fellow musicians. Recorded in 1991.
  • SongAsia MinorErythraea, MeliLove SongCouplets

The Water of Life

(Olmaz)

  • Από τα γλυκά σου μάτια ⬥ The water of Life flows from your sweet eyes. I asked you for a little but you didn’t give me any to drink. Impossible, my duck, impossible, you are doing your best to kill me. I told you not to tempt me and leave [...]
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaKonya, SilleInstrumental

Dance (With Wooden Spoons)

  • Χορός κουταλιών ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Sille, Konya, with Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas (clarinet). Recorded in 1991.
  • SongAsia MinorErythraea, AlatsataLove SongCouplets

Yatzilariani

  • Γιατζιλαριανή ⬥ I brought you a Good Evening, give me a Good Night I had no business here, I came only for you. Come out that I may see you and be comforted. Your eyes have burnt me, yet they are my joy and pride, if I don’t see them [...]