Petros Karbadakis

(1943–2012) | Cretan lute player from Koukounara, Kissamos, Chania. He moved to Athens at a young age (around 16) and developed a distinctive, personal style on the laouto (lute), being regarded as a “master” of the instrument by the local music community. He participated in recordings of traditional tunes, collaborated with many Cretan lyra players, and performed in Cretan music venues.

Songs

Good Day Brothers (Epiphany Carol from Patmos)
  • SongCreteChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christ Is Born Today

  • Χριστός γεννάται σήμερο ⬥ Christmas carol from Crete with the Children’s Choir of the High School “Estia Neas Smyrnis”. Recorded in 1974.
Good Day Brothers (Epiphany Carol from Patmos)
  • SongCreteNew Year's Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Open Your Door (New Year Carol from Crete)

  • Ανοίξετε την πόρτα σας ⬥ Saint Basil the Yoke-man. New Year carol from Crete with the Children’s Choir of the High School “Estia Neas Smyrnis”. Recorded in 1974.
Souravli – Greek Flutes and Pipes
  • SongCreteInstrumental

Slow pentozalis

  • Αργός πεντοζάλης ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Crete with Antonis Peristeris (mandoura). Recorded in 1974.
Farewell, Holy One
  • SongCreteSad and Plaintive SongCouplets

The Sounds of the Chains

  • Όσο βαρούν τα σίδερα ⬥ Song of loss and sorrow from Crete with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1973.
Good Day Brothers (Epiphany Carol from Patmos)
  • SongCreteEpiphany Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Tomorrow It Is Epiphany (Crete)

  • Αύριο είναι τω Φωτώ ⬥ Epiphany carol from Crete with the Children’s Choir of the High School “Estia Neas Smyrnis”. Recorded in 1974.
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Records

Farewell, Holy One
  • AlbumLP1974EMI Columbia

Farewell Holy One

One of Domna Samiou’s most characteristic LPs through which younger generations familiarized themselves with traditional folk music.
Good Day Brothers (Epiphany Carol from Patmos)
  • AlbumLP1974EMI Columbia

Greek Carols

The first LP in Greece dedicated to caroling songs performed during the religious celebrations of the Twelve Nights and of Easter. The carols were recorded in many different areas of Greece performed by local musicians and singers, thus preserving all the distinguishing local patterns and characteristics.
Souravli – Greek Flutes and Pipes
  • AlbumLP1974EMIAΛ Columbia

Souravli – Greek Flutes and Pipes

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.
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Concerts

The First Concerts
  • Συναυλία
  • 1971-1973

The First Concerts

In 1971, in the midst of the military Junta period in Greece, Dionysis Savvopoulos convinced Domna to sing at the club “Rodeo”. In the following years, she performed at “Kyttaro” and “Rizes”.
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