Yiorgos Bagiokis

Actor and singer, born in 1946 in Thessaloniki. He studied at the Athens Drama School of G. Theodosiadis and collaborated with various theatre companies and groups.

In parallel, he was involved in singing, performing in concerts with many artists in Greece and abroad. He was a student of Simon Karas and collaborated with important interpreters of traditional Greek folk music.

Songs

I See Some Ships Approaching Port
  • SongPanhellenicCarnival Song, Lampoon

An Old Woman, an Old Gran

  • Μια γριά μπαμπόγρια ⬥ Panhellenic, carnival satirical song with Yiorgos Bagiokis. Recorded in 1980.
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
  • SongSporades IslandsSkiathosFable Song (Ballad), Ritual Song

Arta’s Βridge

  • Της Άρτας το γεφύρι ⬥ Fable song (ballad), a dance song from Skiathos with Yiorgos Bagiokis. Recorded in 1980.
New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
  • SongMacedoniaChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christmas Carol (Macedonia)

  • Πόψα Χριστός γεννήθηκε (Μακεδονίας) ⬥ Christmas carol from Macedonia with Yiorgos Bagiokis. From the archive of Yiorgos Ε. Papadakis.
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
  • SongCentral GreeceFable Song (Ballad)

I Am a Fisherman’s Son

  • Εγώ ’μαι ’νους ψαρά παιδί ⬥ Fable song, a syrtos from Central Greece with Yiorgos Bagiokis. Recorded in 1980.
Songs of History and Heroes
  • SongMacedoniaHistorical Song

Nine Villages They Razed

  • Μας χάλασαν εννιά χωριά ⬥ Historical song from Macedonia with Yiorgos Bagiokis. Recorded in 2004.
Farewell, Holy One
  • SongMacedoniaLove SongTable Song

Yesterday or the Day Before I Passed by

  • Εψές προυψές επέρασα ⬥ Table love song with Yiorgos Bagiokis. Recorded in 1973.
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Records

New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
  • AlbumCD2011Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Christmas, New Year and Epiphany Carols

Carols, wishes and praises for Christmas, New Year and Epiphany. Some less and some more well-known, coming from various regions of Greece (2011).
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.
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
  • AlbumLP1980Zodiac

Perperouna

Domna’s first work for children came as a fulfilment of her constant aspiration to bring traditional folk songs closer to children –especially those living in the cities. Some of these sixteen traditional songs, with their ‘easy’ melodies, uplifting rhythms and amusing lyrics, were anyway sung by children –like ‘Perperouna’, ‘Chelidonisma’, […]
Songs of History and Heroes
  • AlbumCD, Digital release2007Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of History and Heroes

The retelling of fine, magnificent, heroic deeds from the past has always inspired a future path for every nation, the weft on which its future is woven. Austere and Doric, as stern as the heroes they describe.
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