Kyriakos Kostoulas

Born in 1934 in Malakasi, in the Trikala Prefecture, into a family of musicians. He plays the clarinet and his repertoire includes traditional songs of Central Greece, of Thessaly, of Thrace and of Epirus.

Source: Yiorgos E. Papadakis' archive

Songs

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  • SongMacedoniaFlorinaInstrumental

Omorfoula

  • Η ομορφούλα ⬥ A local dance from Florina, Macedonia, in 4/4 meter. Traditionally, it is played and danced mainly at wedding celebrations. Recorded in 1974.
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  • SongCentral GreeceLament

Redhair Wife of the Priest

  • Ρούσα παπαδιά ⬥ Studio recording, 1973.
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  • SongThessalyImmigration Song

When You Go off Abroad, My Love

  • Σαν πας πουλί μ’ στην ξενιτιά ⬥ When you go off abroad, my love, go off to foreign places, just see you don't remain six months, and don't you linger years there. Go, gallivant around the world and with the folks that's in it, and if you find like me, [...]
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  • SongMacedoniaImmigration Song

White Doves O Mine, White Ring-Doves

  • Άσπρα μου περιστέρια ⬥ White doves o’ mine, white ring-doves, black-hued birds o’ mine, you fly so high above us, traversing the sky. Come down, alight awhile here, in our courtyards here, so I may write upon your wings, on your little wings, to tell the girl I love so [...]
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  • SongMacedoniaLove SongTable Song

Yesterday or the Day Before Yesterday I Passed by

  • Εψές προυψές επέρασα ⬥ Studio recording, 1973.
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  • SongAsia MinorSmyrnaInstrumental

Zeimbekiko of Smyrna

  • Ζεϊμπέκικο Σμύρνης ⬥ Dance and tune also known as “Ayvaliotiko” (from Ayvali, Asia Minor), recorded in 1973.
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Records

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  • AlbumLP1974EMI Columbia

Farewell Holy One

One of Domna Samiou’s most characteristic LPs through which younger generations familiarized themselves with traditional folk music. It combines an aesthetically meticulous edition with accurate interpretations and perfect recordings. The song 'Farewell Holy One' has been sung and danced so many times all around Greece and abroad that has been […]
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release1992UNHCR – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Songs About Greeks Far From Home

This CD, published by UNHCR with an informative booklet, includes sixteen songs narrating different aspects of migrating to foreign lands: departure and life in foreign lands; the lives of families left behind; death in foreign lands or a return home. It marks a new direction to Domna Samiou’s music publications: […]
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  • AlbumDigital release, LP1989UNHCR – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)

This LP includes nineteen songs narrating all the different aspects of migrating in foreign lands: the departure and the life to foreign lands, the life of the family left behind, death in these foreign lands or the return home. This publication of the UNHCR, with its informative accompanying booklet, introduces […]
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  • AlbumLP1974EMIAΛ Columbia

Souravli – Greek Flutes and Pipes

This LP is dedicated to Greek instrumental folk music and especially to wind instruments such as the different types of pipes: flute, mandoura, gaida, pipiza, gavala. In 1975 it was released in France by 'Arion' under the title 'Les flutes Grecques'. In 1977 it was republished in Greece in the […]
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  • AlbumLP1972Lyra

Travelling in Greece with Domna Samiou

Domna Samiou had the general musical supervision of this important LP including twelve songs most of which are interpreted by her accompanied by local traditional musicians. As in all previous LPs, the songs are representative of all areas of Hellenism and are performed without any alteration in lyrics or music.
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