Andreas Pappas

He plays the percussion, mostly the daouli (davul), the goblet drum, the frame drum (bendir), and the tambourine. He began his musical career in 1975, taking part in various traditional orchestras. Since 1983 he has been collaborating with ERT in both television and radio productions, playing music next to important Greek folk musicians.

He has participated in theatre and cinema recordings, in works of numerous artists. From 1994 to 1997 he was a member of the Greek Music State Orchestra, under the direction of Stavros Xarchakos. He has collaborated with the Athens Concert Hall in various productions and has taken part in Greek and international festivals (Womad, Athens Ethnic Jazz Festival etc).

In 1995 he released the album Krousta, in collaboration with Vangelis Karipis and Yiorgos Gevgelis, and in 1987, together with Petros Kourtis and Vangelis Karipis, he formed the percussion band 'Krotala', taking part in festivals and international musical events.

Since 2002 he has been collaborating with the οrchestra Estoudiantina Neas Ionias. In 2004 he represented Greece in the International Percussion Meeting in Tunis (MediMuses programme). Moreover, he participated in the music recordings of the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games, and in 2008 in the traditional orchestra that represented Greece in the festivities for the Beijing Olympic Games.

He teaches traditional percussion at the Athens Conservatory.

Source: Andreas Pappas

Songs

Μια προυσταγή μιγάλη
  • SongMacedoniaChalkidiki, IerissosHistorical Song

A Great Command

  • Μια προυσταγή μιγάλη ⬥ And the king did command and ’twas a great command: fleet and admiral were to quit the land. By the Lord’s command and the King’s if-you-please the fleet was to sail for the twelve islands. Many fine ships rounded Cavo Doro, fair flying by; when Lambros [...]
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  • SongPeloponneseKlephtic Song

A Maid Decided

  • Μια κόρη τ’ απεφάσισε ⬥ A maid decided to join the klephts and set fire, vr’ amán och amán, she set fire to her loom. She set fire to her loom, to her ivory comb, armed herself and joined the klephts. Twelve years she led them and no man ever [...]
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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 [...]
Όλες οι καπετάνισσες
  • SongEpirusKlephtic Song

All the Captains’ Women

  • Όλες οι καπετάνισσες ⬥ All the captains’ women went and bowed down before Ali Pasha, before the vezir, but Leni, Bótsaris’ Leni, will not bow her head. ‘I will not bow down, Ali Pasha, not before you vezir, I am Leni, I am Bótsaris’ wife’. Translated by Michael Eleftheriou Photo: [...]
Όλα τα κάστρα τα είδα
  • SongPeloponneseFable Song (Ballad)

All the Castles I Have Seen

(The Castle of the Beautiful Maid)

  • Όλα τα κάστρα τα είδα ⬥ All the castles I have seen, not one have I not visited vr' amán amán, not one have I not visited, oh maid Frankish, maiden Greek. But like Beauty's Castle I have seen no other, frankish maid in the Frankish gown. With silver doors [...]
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 [...]
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  • SongDodecanesePatmosBawdy Song, Carnival Song

An Old Man Was Approaching (Explicit)

  • Ένας γέρος ηρκουντάνε ⬥ 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 as being dragged along. An old hag met him on his way: "What’s that I see, old man?". [...]
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.
Τ' Αντρούτσου η μάνα
  • SongCentral GreeceKlephtic Song

Androútsos’ Mother

  • Τ’ Αντρούτσου η μάνα ⬥ Androutsos’ mother is glad, Androutsos’ mother is glad and Diakos’ proud For they have warriors and captains for sons who set the Turks to flight, spahis1 and janissaries,2 one at the Inn of Graviá, the other at Alamana. Translated by Michael Eleftheriou 1spahis: a cavalryman [...]
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  • SongAsia MinorErythraea, VourlaSad and Plaintive SongCouplets, Processional Tune, Table Song

At Dawn

  • Δεν είν’ αυγή να σηκωθώ ⬥ At dawn not once did I get up without sighing arise, my sun, come, talk to me without bending again on the pillow and crying arise that I may see you and be comforted. At Alatsata there is a mountain called the Karadai come, [...]
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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)
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2017Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes

The publication includes 30 songs, inspired by the popular tradition of story-telling, relating tales of brave warriors, both high-ranked lords, and lowly soldiers. Centering on heroic Digenis, they originate from all parts of Greece. The publication also contains a detailed booklet analyzing the history surrounding the songs, and their interpretation. […]
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2008Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Folk Fables in Song

In fables, fragments of ancient myths are preserved. On this CD, Domna Samiou & her collaborators sing tales of the fabulous and the fantastic combining the real world with the supernatural and narrating stories, often tragic, which might once have occurred – or could do so one day – however […]
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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.
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  • AlbumLP1980Caprice

My Emigrated Bird

The first LP by the state-run 'Concerts Sweden Rikskonserter' produced with non-Swedish musicians. Domna Samiou was chosen for her valuable contribution to traditional Greek folk music. The LP, documented by an extended trilingual booklet, came after a concert tour in sixteen Swedish cities in the summer of 1979 aiming to […]
Τα παλαιά μου βάσανα
  • AlbumDigital release2022Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

My Old Torments

Songs of Asia Minor by Domna Samiou. Live recording from the concert ‘Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou’ at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, on 8/3/2005. Traditional songs from the western coasts of Asia Minor, Propontis, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia.
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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.
Μικρασιάτικα τραγούδια με τη Δόμνα Σαμίου
  • Concert
  • 08 & 09/03/2005

Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou

An Asia Minor tribute concert. A tribute to the muse of the historical space of the Greek East. Traditional songs from the western coast of Asia Minor, the Propontis, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia and two Byzantine hymns from the musical tradition of the Orthodox Church. A musical variety that is […]
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